(Yer) dern tootin'!
(Yer) dern tootin'!
slang (You are) absolutely right. An even more colloquial variant of "(You're) darn tootin'!" A: "Are you coming to the barbecue today?" B: "Yer dern tootin'! I'll see you there." A: "I'm sorry. It was wrong of me to leap to that conclusion." B: "Dern tootin' it was! But thank you fer apologizin'."
See also: dern
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
You're dern tootin'!
Rur. You are absolutely right! (Never the full form tooting.) Tom: Are you really going to take up boxing? Bob: You're dern tootin'! Father: Do you really want to buy that droopy-looking puppy? Bill: You're dern tootin'!
See also: dern
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- toot
- tootin
- yer
- dern
- You're dern tootin'!
- yer one
- yer wan
- yer woman
- yer man
- gotcha