[78-L] another batch of burning questions

[Philip Carli]

It _is_ to display an attitude of superiority, or, really, to  look down upon or haughtily ignore someone. Think "top hat", which is what it's referring to - still a regular article of men's full evening dress until the late 1940s, and a mark of class division. P
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"High hat" is a type of cymbal in a drum set. As a verb, perhaps it
refers to hitting someone on top of the head?

joe salerno


On 5/15/2012 3:04 AM, Rod Brown wrote:

> What is meant by "high hat," used as a verb? I've heard this in the Memphis
> Slim song, "Mother Earth." From memory:
>
> You may high-hat me all the time
> And you may never come my way
> Mother Earth is waiting for you
> There's a debt you have to pay
>
> It sounds like to "high-hat" is to display an attitude of superiority, but
> does anyone know their way around this term?
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