What is a jaunty hat? A miserable pile of secrets!

Amake · 02-16-2010, 06:59 AM

This is an entirely new topic to me. I've never even considered what "jaunty" means. Check it out. Apparently it means noble or gentlemanly. Which is just the adjectives I'd associate with the top hat. I guess it could cover just about anything except silly hats.

How does it apply to other accessories? What, for example, is a jaunty car? Google suggests it's a fancy horse carriage. This is one of the top hits for "jaunty pants":

Maybe "jaunty" is just a jaunty word for "cool".

Meister · 02-16-2010, 07:46 AM

Melfice it is now my mission to find jaunty hat porn and show it to you even if it kills me.

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Originally Posted by Geminex

the kind of hat that makes you look like a happy-go-lucky, carefree bastard
while still posessing at least some semblance of style

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Originally Posted by Invisible Queen

Apparently it means noble or gentlemanly. Which is just the adjectives I'd associate with the top hat.

The case is clear. A jaunty hat is any sort of headwear Bertram Wooster would wear.

02-16-2010, 06:59 AM	#1
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	This is an entirely new topic to me. I've never even considered what "jaunty" means. Check it out. Apparently it means noble or gentlemanly. Which is just the adjectives I'd associate with the top hat. I guess it could cover just about anything except silly hats. How does it apply to other accessories? What, for example, is a jaunty car? Google suggests it's a fancy horse carriage. This is one of the top hits for "jaunty pants": Maybe "jaunty" is just a jaunty word for "cool". __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed Last edited by Amake; 02-16-2010 at 07:01 AM. Reason: And now I've said it so much the word has lost all meaning to me