Conceal lofty-sounding camp greeting

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
call-and-response exclamation in singing, by 1933, associated with U.S. bandleader Cabell "Cab" Calloway (1907-1994) and especially his signature song "Minnie the Moocher," which dates from 1931.\n\nCalloway recalled in his autobiography that the song came ...