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etymology - What is the origin of the term woo? - English Language . . . Secondly, woo is the shortened form, and it is also written as woo-woo and woo woo Wiktionary says of its origin that it might be “intended to imitate the eerie background music of sci-fi horror films and television shows, however the exact origin is uncertain” Indeed, if you do a Google Books search for “woo woo”, all the hits refer
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 ) In the same vein, if you write it and it looks right in an echomimetic way, it probably will serve its purpose just fine, and only the most pedantic reader is going to lose
Is there a common abbreviation for with or without? e. g. w wo or w w o Yes, in the right context it should be pretty easy to deduce Salad dressing recipes (or any recipes) for which the ingredients may include controversial items such as anchovies, or very spicy ingredients; will often have the potentially offensive ingredients listed as optional
verbs - What did make love mean in the 1920s? - English Language . . . For more than four hundred years, to make love (to) had a more “courtly” meaning: “to pay amorous attention (to)”, “to court, woo”, according to the 1908 printing of the New English Dictionary (NED) Typical examples given in that work: 1605 [SHAKS ] Macb III i 124 Thence it is That I to your assistance doe make loue
What are the words to express sobbing and crying sound? Google doesn't help much What are the sounds (written in words) that people usually use to express their crying sobbing emotions such as in chat, social network? For example if I say, "I am sad [
What is the origin and history of the word motherf---er? Most fortuitously for you, just a couple of days ago I stumbled upon a book that answers this and most any question one might have on the word fuck and its multitudinous derivatives — anyone who has the slightest bit curiosity about this subject would do well to check out Jesse Sheidlower's The F-word, a very accessible and fun book
Onomatopoeia for sirens (police, ambulance, fire engines) 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