hoo-ha

English

Alternative forms

• hoohaa, hoohar, hoo-haa, hoo-har, hoo-hah, hoohah

Etymology

Perhaps from Yiddish הו־האַ (hu-ha, “a hullabaloo”).

The second sense is likely expressive; compare such similar terms in other languages as Spanish juju.

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːˌhɑː/

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Noun

hoo-ha (plural hoo-has)

1. A fuss, uproar, commotion or stir; hype; brouhaha, hullabaloo.

   There was a big hoo-ha about it in the papers, and then the world completely forgot the matter.

2. (slang, euphemistic) Vagina, vulva.
   • 2009, Linda Howard, Burn: A Novel, page 242:

     Did that make her a good judge of character, or a fool who was letting her hoo-ha do her thinking for her?

   • Template:quote- blowing out her hoo-hatext|en|year=2009|author=Lexi Ryan|title=Stilettos, Inc.|page=163|passage=She didn't want to lose their childish battle of wills, but neither did she want some parasite swimming up her hoo-ha.}}
   • 2010, Dee Tenorio, All Or Nothing, page 54:

     His mother later expressed disappointment that she'd been wrong, but by then, Belinda had a butterfly on her hoo-ha.

Translations

a fuss, commotion, uproar

• Catalan: gatzara (ca) f, aldarull (ca) m, cridòria (ca) f, rebombori (ca) m, brogit (ca) m, avalot (ca) m, esvalot m
• Dutch: herrie (nl) f, drukte (nl) f, ophef (nl) m
• Finnish: hulabaloo (fi), meteli (fi), hässäkkä (fi), kohu (fi), haloo (fi)
• French: brouhaha (fr) m, tumulte (fr) m, tapage (fr), chahut (fr), bordel (fr)
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• Italian: brusio (it)
• Spanish: algazara (es), barullo (es), alboroto (es), jaleo (es), escandalera (es) f (colloquial), descalzaperros m
• Swedish: ståhej (sv)

See also

• brouhaha

Anagrams

• hooah