Expert: Abdalla Mohamed Ali - 10/16/2006

Question
hello could you please tell me what is the meaning of " hoochie coochie man"? thank you

Answer
Hello ,

according to Harry's Blues

- the word hooch is slang for alcoholic liquor especially when inferior or illicitly made or obtained. Haven't found a (slang) meaning for the word cooch(ie) but it most likely refers to the female genitals. The term hoochie coochie man would then refer to a man (who prides himself) getting his share of booze and women;
2 - one who preaches voodoo; 3 - conjure 'doctors', male or female
4 - but then again Jack King says: "The definition (2 and 3, BH) you have is wrong. A "hootchie cootchie" is a woman's sex, and a 'hootchie cootchie man" is her lover. You can check this out with any true blues people (male or female). The term "hootchie cootchie" is sometimes shortened to "cootchie" in everday conversation. Thanks to Jack King for this contribution to the list;
5 - John Garst recalls: "From my youth, I recall "she danced the hoochie coochie."
6 - Pop's the Bluesman from Green Bay, WI, writes: "The term cootchie is slang for a womans vagina. Doin' the the hootchie cootchie means to do the deed!.