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by Galeanda on November 28th, 2007
I learned that it is a shorter form of patootie and that's been around since the 20s and may have come from sweet potato as in "My sweet patootie.
by VSPrasad on November 28th, 2007
Watered-down word for butt.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=patoot
"Patoot - butt" the consonants 'P' and 'B' are
equivalent because they are labials.
In Telugu language of India, "Muddi" means butt.
"M" and "B" are equivalent because they are labials.
by AntigoneRising on November 28th, 2007
As Galeanda says, it comes from patootie:
patootie
"sweetheart, pretty girl," colloquial Amer.Eng., 1921, perhaps a corruption of potato (esp. sweet potato).
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=patootie
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Cool. Thanks :)
by Mrs.Dufresne on November 28th, 2007