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English
Adjective
darn tootin’
- (chiefly US, countrified, idiomatic) Absolutely correct; speaking the truth.
1916, B. M. Bower, chapter 28, in The Heritage of the Sioux:Pink . . . nodded assent. "You're durn tootin’ it's right!" he testified.
- (chiefly US, countrified, idiomatic) Absolute, utter, complete, very.
2009 January 5, Lana Sweeten-Shults, “Look out 2009, here I come”, in Times Record News, Wichita Falls, Texas, retrieved 24 January 2009:I’ve decided that Wii Fit is darn tootin’ fun.
Adverb
darn tootin’
- (chiefly US, countrified, idiomatic) Assuredly, absolutely, utterly, completely, you bet.
2004 July 17, David Brooks, “Values, Values Everywhere”, in New York Times, retrieved 24 Jan. 2009:In speech, in rapid responses, in interviews, Kerry and Edwards remind us these days how darn tootin’ chock full of values they really are.
Interjection
darn tootin'
- (chiefly US, countrified, idiomatic) You are absolutely correct.
2001, William Bernhardt, Murder One, →ISBN, page 66:"May I assume you wish to enter a plea of not guilty?"
"Darn tootin’."