词汇 | hoo-ha |
词源 | hoo-ha! Leo Rosten in The Joys of Yiddish gives 13 uses for the expression hoo-ha!, popularized by comedian Arnold Stang during radio days. But hoo-ha! (rhymes with Poo Bah) is mainly used to express envy, admiration, or scorn, as in (for the latter): “Some friend. Hoo-ha!” Hoo-ha means “uproar” or “hullabaloo.” |
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