Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2020 June 14

= June 14 =

Throwing hats at celebrations
Hi! How do you call the tradition of throwing hats at a celebration? And is there an article about it? Ericdec85 (talk) 17:38, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
 * There are a number of Wikipedia article starting with "hats off". Here's a non-Wikipedia article about the general subject. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 05:34, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Here's something about when the tradition at West Point started, 1946: ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 05:37, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Although a much older custom; this account of an 1856 Republican Convention says that "men threw their hats in the air".
 * Other sources have: "Chuck: (British) Naval slang for a demonstration of applause. Enthusiastic supporters of a ship's football team or a regatta boat's crew form a chucking-up party. The expression may originate from the practice of throwing hats in the air when excited. An early form of this word was CHUCKER UP"
 * I'm always curious about how they find the right hat afterwards. Alansplodge (talk) 11:35, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Surely you'd have your name written in it? DuncanHill (talk) 11:45, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
 * True, but in a large crowd it can't be easy. This page on 18th century British naval slang has: "Chucker up = applause, from throwing hats in the air". Alansplodge (talk) 11:53, 15 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Do they also know the word upchuck? —Tamfang (talk) 00:20, 19 June 2020 (UTC)