英语词汇hubba-hubba的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

hubba-hubba. “A delirious delight in language making,” Mencken calls the coining of hubba-hubba. The expression was ubiquitous during World War II, made famous by a leer- ing Bob Hope, the linguistic equivalent of a wolf whistle that was uttered lasciviously when an attractive woman walked past a group of men. Sexual but highly complimentary, it was often hubba hubba hubba, the third awesome hubba thrown in for added emphasis if body language warranted it. Any- way, we’re told that the term originated with “flyboys,” U.S. airmen who got it from Chinese airmen being trained at a Florida air base early in World War II. Supposedly it is a cor- ruption of the familiar Chinese greeting how-pu-how. A sec- ond theory, wholly unpalatable, traces the expression to Hubba, “a cry given to warn fishermen of the approach of pilchards.”

词汇	hubba-hubba
词源	hubba-hubba. “A delirious delight in language making,” Mencken calls the coining of hubba-hubba. The expression was ubiquitous during World War II, made famous by a leer- ing Bob Hope, the linguistic equivalent of a wolf whistle that was uttered lasciviously when an attractive woman walked past a group of men. Sexual but highly complimentary, it was often hubba hubba hubba, the third awesome hubba thrown in for added emphasis if body language warranted it. Any- way, we’re told that the term originated with “flyboys,” U.S. airmen who got it from Chinese airmen being trained at a Florida air base early in World War II. Supposedly it is a cor- ruption of the familiar Chinese greeting how-pu-how. A sec- ond theory, wholly unpalatable, traces the expression to Hubba, “a cry given to warn fishermen of the approach of pilchards.”
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