This is somewhat of a pet peeve of mine, the lyrics to Yankee Doodle go as followed:
"Yankee Doodle went to town
A-riding on a pony
Stuck a feather in his hat
And called it macaroni."
However, because people are morons the lyric often gets changed to "Stuck a noodle in his hat" - They are not talking about macaroni the damn pasta assholes! They are talking about macaroni fashion.
Macaroni style was an extreem 18th century fashion and way of life. It included outrageous clothing, wigs, excess, and speaking in an outlandishly affected and epicene manner. This very over the top fashion represented a decadence that the only rich bitches, and fancy men about town could aspire to.
So when the song says the Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his and called in macaroni, they are saying that this dumb country bumpkin is some kind of a dufus that is trying to pull himself off as a elite fashionista by sticking a feather in his shitty hat - aint no one buyn' it.
The macaroni crazy was stomped on by the party poopers of the French Revolution- those assholes didn't know how to party.
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