how's your fatherint.n.

Brit.

/ˌhaʊz jə ˈfɑːðə/, U.S.

/ˌhaʊz jər ˈfɑðər/

Forms: also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: how adv., 's , is , be v., your pron., father n.

Etymology: < how adv. + 's, shortened form of is, 3rd person singular present indicative of be v. + your pron. + father n., popularized as a catchphrase by the music-hall artist and comedian ‘Harry Tate’ (real name Ronald McDonald Hutchison) (1872–1940).

humorous slang (originally and chiefly British).

A. int.

Used in the form of a question as a nonsensical catchphrase. Now rare.Frequently followed by the response All right.In early use associated with the music-hall artist and comedian ‘Harry Tate’ (see etymology).

ΚΠ

1915 Boston Daily Globe 22 Apr. 12/3 ‘How's your father?’ is the latest popular catch-word in London—the people's quip, just as ‘Have a banana,’ ‘I don't think,’ and..‘Keep your hair on’ were.

1916 ‘H. Tate’ in Answers 16 Sept. 308/2 Let me express the hope that..they [sc. the public] will still be asking ‘How's your father?’ when I have a beard as long as Methuselah.

1918 A. C. Stephen Austral. in R.F.A. 53 The pass word was ‘How's your father?’ Answer ‘All right!’ At 4 a.m. our guns opened.

1938 Daily Mirror 2 Apr. 13/2 I am about to go in for an important examination. Do you know where I can buy some cribs? Answer: No. How's your father?

1944 A. Alington Rosie Todmarsh vii. 121 How Joe had rolled about in his seat in his enjoyment of Harry Tate at the Hippodrome! ‘How's your father? All right.’

B. n.

1. Nonsense, rubbish; tedious or meaningless talk or ritual.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [noun]

magged talea1387

moonshine1468

trumperyc1485

foolishness1531

trash1542

baggage1545

flim-flam1570

gear1570

rubbisha1576

fiddle-faddle1577

stuff1579

fible-fable1581

balductum1593

pill1608

nonsense1612

skimble-skamble1619

porridge1642

mataeology1656

fiddle-come-faddle1663

apple sauce1672

balderdash1674

flummery1749

slang1762

all my eye1763

diddle-daddle1778

(all) my eye (and) Betty Martin1781

twaddle1782

blancmange1790

fudge1791

twiddle-twaddle1798

bothering1803

fee-faw-fum1811

slip-slop1811

nash-gab1816

flitter-tripe1822

effutiation1823

bladderdash1826

ráiméis1828

fiddlededee1843

pickles1846

rot1846

kelter1847

bosh1850

flummadiddle1850

poppycock1852

Barnum1856

fribble-frabble1859

kibosh1860

skittle1864

cod1866

Collyweston1867

punk1869

slush1869

stupidness1873

bilge-water1878

flapdoodle1878

tommyrot1880

ruck1882

piffle1884

flamdoodle1888

razzmatazz1888

balls1889

pop1890

narrischkeit1892

tosh1892

footle1894

tripe1895

crap1898

bunk1900

junk1906

quatsch1907

bilge1908

B.S.1912

bellywash1913

jazz1913

wash1913

bullshit?1915

kid-stakes1916

hokum1917

bollock1919

bullsh1919

bushwa1920

noise1920

bish-bosh1922

malarkey1923

posh1923

hooey1924

shit1924

heifer dust1927

madam1927

baloney1928

horse feathers1928

phonus-bolonus1929

rhubarb1929

spinach1929

toffeea1930

tomtit1930

hockey1931

phoney baloney1933

moody1934

cockalorum1936

cock1937

mess1937

waffle1937

berley1941

bull dust1943

crud1943

globaloney1943

hubba-hubba1944

pish1944

phooey1946

asswipe1947

chickenshit1947

slag1948

batshit1950

goop1950

slop1952

cack1954

doo-doo1954

cobbler1955

horse shit1955

nyamps1955

pony1956

horse manure1957

waffling1958

bird shit1959

codswallop1959

how's your father1959

dog shit1963

cods1965

shmegegge1968

pucky1970

taradiddle1970

mouthwash1971

wank1974

gobshite1977

mince1985

toss1990

arse1993

1959 R. Storey Touch it Light i. 19 I'm supposed to report facts, not a lot of how's your father!

1969 B. Devlin in Daily Mail 23 Apr. 1/4 All this stand up, sit down, kneel down and how's-your-father was so funny.

1973 W. Henderson King of Gorbals xviii. 97 According to them, the Pope of Rome wore red socks when he was doing his ‘how's your father?’ stuff up on the High Altar.

1993 Toronto Star (Nexis) 16 Jan. a2 ‘Anyway, enough of this how's-your-father,’ said the voice. ‘Let's get on with it. What would you like to know?’

2. A nonsensical word used in place of a proper name or other noun which the speaker is unable, or does not wish, to specify.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown > where name is deliberately suppressed

you wot what1536

you-know-what1564

you-know-who1580

somebody1609

layer-over1699

thingy1927

how's your father1959

what-not1964

1959 W. Hall Long & Short & Tall i. 21 Overrun with home postings wallahs, sitting back easy, sorting out the judies from Land's End to how's your father.

1965 Daily Mirror 17 Apr. 6/5 Just a minute—what about You Know Who nee How's Your Father? What a bride!

1999 L. Rennison Angus, Thongs & Full-frontal Snogging 60 Jools said that she had actually seen her brother's ‘how's your father’ quite often.

2008 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 23 July Apparently there was a chicken and fenugreek thingie and a saagwala whatchamacallit and a pakora hows-your-father.

3. euphemistic. Sexual activity; sexual intercourse. Chiefly in a bit of how's your father.

ΚΠ

1968 A. Coren in Punch 6 Nov. 650/1 ‘If you're after a bit of how's-your-father,’ he said evilly, ‘you can't go wrong with Torremolinos.’

1984 P. Barker Blow your House Down xviii. 143 A bit of how's your father on the rug in front of the fire.

1990 Guardian 24 Dec. (Christmas section) 3/2 You've been bimbetting, haven't you? You've been out after a spot of how's-your-father?

1997 Scotsman (Nexis) 21 Oct. 9 Research showed women wanted more how's-your-father in their books.

2007 J. Hearn Hazel (2009) ix. 116 ‘A bit of how's your father,’ he said knowingly. ‘Rumpy-pumpy’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hows your father
释义	how's your fatherint.n. Brit. /ˌhaʊz jə ˈfɑːðə/, U.S. /ˌhaʊz jər ˈfɑðər/ Forms: also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: how adv., 's , is , be v., your pron., father n. Etymology: < how adv. + 's, shortened form of is, 3rd person singular present indicative of be v. + your pron. + father n., popularized as a catchphrase by the music-hall artist and comedian ‘Harry Tate’ (real name Ronald McDonald Hutchison) (1872–1940). humorous slang (originally and chiefly British). A. int. Used in the form of a question as a nonsensical catchphrase. Now rare.Frequently followed by the response All right.In early use associated with the music-hall artist and comedian ‘Harry Tate’ (see etymology). ΚΠ 1915 Boston Daily Globe 22 Apr. 12/3 ‘How's your father?’ is the latest popular catch-word in London—the people's quip, just as ‘Have a banana,’ ‘I don't think,’ and..‘Keep your hair on’ were. 1916 ‘H. Tate’ in Answers 16 Sept. 308/2 Let me express the hope that..they [sc. the public] will still be asking ‘How's your father?’ when I have a beard as long as Methuselah. 1918 A. C. Stephen Austral. in R.F.A. 53 The pass word was ‘How's your father?’ Answer ‘All right!’ At 4 a.m. our guns opened. 1938 Daily Mirror 2 Apr. 13/2 I am about to go in for an important examination. Do you know where I can buy some cribs? Answer: No. How's your father? 1944 A. Alington Rosie Todmarsh vii. 121 How Joe had rolled about in his seat in his enjoyment of Harry Tate at the Hippodrome! ‘How's your father? All right.’ B. n. 1. Nonsense, rubbish; tedious or meaningless talk or ritual. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [noun] magged talea1387 moonshine1468 trumperyc1485 foolishness1531 trash1542 baggage1545 flim-flam1570 gear1570 rubbisha1576 fiddle-faddle1577 stuff1579 fible-fable1581 balductum1593 pill1608 nonsense1612 skimble-skamble1619 porridge1642 mataeology1656 fiddle-come-faddle1663 apple sauce1672 balderdash1674 flummery1749 slang1762 all my eye1763 diddle-daddle1778 (all) my eye (and) Betty Martin1781 twaddle1782 blancmange1790 fudge1791 twiddle-twaddle1798 bothering1803 fee-faw-fum1811 slip-slop1811 nash-gab1816 flitter-tripe1822 effutiation1823 bladderdash1826 ráiméis1828 fiddlededee1843 pickles1846 rot1846 kelter1847 bosh1850 flummadiddle1850 poppycock1852 Barnum1856 fribble-frabble1859 kibosh1860 skittle1864 cod1866 Collyweston1867 punk1869 slush1869 stupidness1873 bilge-water1878 flapdoodle1878 tommyrot1880 ruck1882 piffle1884 flamdoodle1888 razzmatazz1888 balls1889 pop1890 narrischkeit1892 tosh1892 footle1894 tripe1895 crap1898 bunk1900 junk1906 quatsch1907 bilge1908 B.S.1912 bellywash1913 jazz1913 wash1913 bullshit?1915 kid-stakes1916 hokum1917 bollock1919 bullsh1919 bushwa1920 noise1920 bish-bosh1922 malarkey1923 posh1923 hooey1924 shit1924 heifer dust1927 madam1927 baloney1928 horse feathers1928 phonus-bolonus1929 rhubarb1929 spinach1929 toffeea1930 tomtit1930 hockey1931 phoney baloney1933 moody1934 cockalorum1936 cock1937 mess1937 waffle1937 berley1941 bull dust1943 crud1943 globaloney1943 hubba-hubba1944 pish1944 phooey1946 asswipe1947 chickenshit1947 slag1948 batshit1950 goop1950 slop1952 cack1954 doo-doo1954 cobbler1955 horse shit1955 nyamps1955 pony1956 horse manure1957 waffling1958 bird shit1959 codswallop1959 how's your father1959 dog shit1963 cods1965 shmegegge1968 pucky1970 taradiddle1970 mouthwash1971 wank1974 gobshite1977 mince1985 toss1990 arse1993 1959 R. Storey Touch it Light i. 19 I'm supposed to report facts, not a lot of how's your father! 1969 B. Devlin in Daily Mail 23 Apr. 1/4 All this stand up, sit down, kneel down and how's-your-father was so funny. 1973 W. Henderson King of Gorbals xviii. 97 According to them, the Pope of Rome wore red socks when he was doing his ‘how's your father?’ stuff up on the High Altar. 1993 Toronto Star (Nexis) 16 Jan. a2 ‘Anyway, enough of this how's-your-father,’ said the voice. ‘Let's get on with it. What would you like to know?’ 2. A nonsensical word used in place of a proper name or other noun which the speaker is unable, or does not wish, to specify. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > anonymity or lack of a name > [noun] > thing or person whose name is forgotten or unknown > where name is deliberately suppressed you wot what1536 you-know-what1564 you-know-who1580 somebody1609 layer-over1699 thingy1927 how's your father1959 what-not1964 1959 W. Hall Long & Short & Tall i. 21 Overrun with home postings wallahs, sitting back easy, sorting out the judies from Land's End to how's your father. 1965 Daily Mirror 17 Apr. 6/5 Just a minute—what about You Know Who nee How's Your Father? What a bride! 1999 L. Rennison Angus, Thongs & Full-frontal Snogging 60 Jools said that she had actually seen her brother's ‘how's your father’ quite often. 2008 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 23 July Apparently there was a chicken and fenugreek thingie and a saagwala whatchamacallit and a pakora hows-your-father. 3. euphemistic. Sexual activity; sexual intercourse. Chiefly in a bit of how's your father. ΚΠ 1968 A. Coren in Punch 6 Nov. 650/1 ‘If you're after a bit of how's-your-father,’ he said evilly, ‘you can't go wrong with Torremolinos.’ 1984 P. Barker Blow your House Down xviii. 143 A bit of how's your father on the rug in front of the fire. 1990 Guardian 24 Dec. (Christmas section) 3/2 You've been bimbetting, haven't you? You've been out after a spot of how's-your-father? 1997 Scotsman (Nexis) 21 Oct. 9 Research showed women wanted more how's-your-father in their books. 2007 J. Hearn Hazel (2009) ix. 116 ‘A bit of how's your father,’ he said knowingly. ‘Rumpy-pumpy’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.1915
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