Aug 3, 2015 · 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?

Nov 2, 2014 · 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.)

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 …

Details: Woodchuck is used as an alternative name for groundhogs. The etymology of woodchuck suggests that the word is not related with "wood" and "chucking" and I think the tongue twister …

Oct 1, 2011 · 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?

Feb 27, 2024 · 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

At first I thought it was called wooing/wooed. But then I checked the Free Dictionary: woo (w) v. wooed, woo·ing, woos v.tr. 1. To seek the affection of with intent to romance. 2. a. To seek to achieve; try to …

Nov 29, 2023 · Literally (or at least in ancient Greece) a lyric poem was actually a song accompanied by the lyre, going back to poets like Sappho and Alkaios from the island of Lesbos in the 7th century …

Sep 15, 2024 · What's a word or words to describe a person who researches everything with full details, to learn all information about a subject going back to its existence? For example I'm researching …

May 24, 2021 · Which one of these is correct, if I want to say something akin to "everything is going to be okay": This will all be over soon. This all/These all will be over soon. This will be all …