hoo-ha
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from Yiddish הו־האַ (hu-ha, “a hullabaloo”).
The second sense is likely expressive; compare such similar terms in other languages as Spanish juju.
(Can this( ) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- A fuss, uproar, commotion or stir; hype; brouhaha, hullabaloo.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:commotion
- There was a big hoo-ha about it in the papers, and then the world completely forgot the matter.
- 2023 February 20, Vanessa Friedman, “Don Lemon, Nikki Haley and the Lessons of a Hoodie”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Tucker Carlson (also a jacket and tie guy) picked up on the hoo-ha on his Fox News show, calling the hoodie-jacket combination a “cry for help” and inviting Roger Stone, the disgraced former political operative and author of his own “Best and Worst dressed List,” to comment.
- (slang, euphemistic) Vagina, vulva.
- 2009, Linda Howard, Burn, page 242:
- Did that make her a good judge of character, or a fool who was letting her hoo-ha do her thinking for her?
- 2009, Lexi Ryan, Stilettos, Inc., page 163:
- She didn't want to lose their childish battle of wills, but neither did she want some parasite swimming up her hoo-ha.
- 2010, Dee Tenorio, All Or Nothing, page 54:
- His mother later expressed disappointment that she'd been wrong, but by then, Belinda had a butterfly on her hoo-ha.
- 2024 April 13, Tara Davis-Woodhall, quotee, “‘My hoo haa is gonna be out’: US Olympians slam Nike for skimpy women’s track kit”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
- Tara Davis-Woodhall, an American who placed sixth in the long jump at the Tokyo Games and took silver at last year’s world championships, reacted with equal parts humor and horror, commenting: “Wait my hoo haa is gonna be out.”
Translations
[edit]a fuss, commotion, uproar
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