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  • noun New Zealand A confection made from golden syrup, white sugar, and baking soda.

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  • Thats what its all about.

    August 13, 2007

  • There's a funny scene in Babylon 5 where the ambassador from the planet Centauri tries to make sense of this song. Hilarious.

    August 13, 2007

  • Hokey Pokey, also known as Hokey Cokey, is a participation dance with a distinctive accompanying tune and lyric structure. It is well known in English-speaking countries.

    Put your whole self in. What if the Hokey Pokey is what it's all about?

    January 28, 2008

  • Is the Hokey Pokey something like the Hokey Cokey, also well-known in English-speaking countries? ;-(

    January 28, 2008

  • Or are we getting our pokey and our pocus in a twist?

    January 28, 2008

  • Same thing.

    January 28, 2008

  • See hokey-pokey man, and hokey-pokey.

    April 25, 2010