- etymology - What is the origin of the term woo? - English Language . . .
On the Skeptics StackExchange you quite often read users referring to certain things and practices as "woo" What is the origin of this word? How did it come to be synonymous with skeptics?
- How do you spell hoo-wee! - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Woo and woo-hoo (and variations like yahoo, yee-haw, and yippee) indicate excitement (Woot, also spelled w00t among an online in-crowd, is a probably ephemeral variant )
- Whats the origin of saying yoo hoo! to get someones attention?
The Oxford English Dictionary dates yoo-hoo to 1924, as noted by the American Dialect Society, and compares it to yo-ho, originally a nautical phrase also sometimes used in yo-heave-ho Their first documented use of yo-ho is from 1769 in William Falconer's An universal dictionary of the marine: Hola-ho, a cry which answers to yoe-hoe Yo-ho derives from two interjections Yo: an exclamation of
- Coquette vs. flirt - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is the difference between coquette and flirt? They seem to mean the exact same thing; is it only their historical or etymological baggage that determines different usage?
- How to represent an English police siren sound in writing?
3 I've seen "wee woo" used for all types of sirens, including ambulance and fire: Wee-woo! Wee-woo! It was the unmistakable sound of a police car siren — Time Sneak
- What do you call the male equivalent to Cougar (woman)?
What is the male equivalent to the term "cougar"? Clarifying The term "cougar" describes an older woman seeking younger men So a male equivalent would be an older man seek
- Are w o, w , b c common abbreviations in the US?
English writing often uses slashes to form two-letter abbreviations, plus the one-letter w – some examples, roughly in order of frequency: I O – “input output” w – “with” c o – “care of” A C – “air conditioning” w o – “without” R C – “remote control” b c – “because” Like most abbreviations, these are less common in formal writing, although some of
- Onomatopoeia for sirens (police, ambulance, fire engines)
3 I like the one suggested by the UD: Wee woo: is the sound a siren makes It is used in jest, to make fun of police cars, fire engines, ambulances, anything with a siren, really Popularized by short films Anyway I don't think there is an 'official' one
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