What kind of person do you picture when that person is described as "a hoot"?

[Ron Obvious]

I don't know why, but whenever someone tells me that some unknown person X is a hoot, I picture that person as an obese drunk.

I think it's supposed to mean that that person is funny and outrageous, and maybe there's considerable overlap between those categories, but there it is.

[Sanity Claws]

1. Someone who is at least 50 and extroverted but not necessarily obese or drunk

I don't hear young people using that word.

[Dave Starsky]

2. I picture them as a barn owl.

A drunk barn owl given to lascivious or otherwise outrageous humor.

[Solly Mack]

3. All kinds of people can be "a hoot"

in my experience.

I don't picture anything - I do hear "X" is funny.

[hlthe2b]

4. Not me... I think of a fun person... He/she may drink or not, but just inherently funny/fun.

[Chipper Chat]

5. Adorable renegade.

[procon]

6. No association with any physical characteristics, just the impression of someone

who is always jovial and entertaining.

[Donkees]

7. A hoot owns a banjo and loves hootenannys

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[Docreed2003]

8. I hear "hoot" and my mind goes to this

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. Young'uns these days!

[Thor_MN]

10. My great aunt Myrt.

In my memory, definitely over 50, not obese, not necessarily drunk, but certainly often drinking...

[LeftInTX]

11. I thought it meant someone who is outrageous and funny

And fun to be with...like, "We always take Lucy with us because she such a hoot".

[rurallib]

12. Mr. Haney in "Green Acres"

whenever I hear someone say that guy is a hoot, this image jumps into my brain.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. I don't have a physical image in mind - it's just a person

who's really funny an entertaining, maybe in a somewhat eccentric way.

[DFW]

14. The man in this picture

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[Fla Dem]

15. A fun loving person who makes you laugh.

[First Speaker]

16. Why, Mike Pence, of course...

...his wacky, outrageous sense of humor is his most endearing quality...

[Iggo]

17. "A hoot", to me, is someone or something that is just good clean simple fun.