Callithump

/ˈkælɪθʌmp/ noun

A noisy, boisterous parade or band; a charivari; a deliberately cacophonous celebration.

American English, early 1800s, possibly from 'callithumpian' (a fictional society). When communities held deliberately LOUD, obnoxious parades to shame wrongdoers or celebrate.

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