- etymology - What is the origin of the term woo? - English Language . . .
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?
- 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 )
- Wow vs Whoa, what is the difference between them in the US?
Often, wow is positive and whoa is negative Wow is a reaction to a big surprise (I am impressed), and whoa means please stop (which maybe due to my surprise ) However, with irony, I can say "Wow, you made a big mistake," or "You are going to wow them with your bright tie, but is that really the best choice for a job interview?"
- How to represent an English police siren sound in writing?
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
- Are w o, w , b c common abbreviations in the US?
English writing often uses slashes to form two-letter abbreviations, plus the one-letter w – some examples, roughly in order of frequency: I O – “input output” w – “with” c o – “care of” A C – “air conditioning” w o – “without” R C – “remote control” b c – “because” Like most abbreviations, these are less common in formal writing, although some of
- Someone who instigates conflict and then plays the victim?
Is there a word for someone who always tends to be the catalyst to conflict, then backs out of said conflict with a victim mentality? For example provoking an argument and then saying something lik
- Is there a common abbreviation for with or without? e. g. w wo or w w o
Is there a common abbreviation for quot;with or without quot;? e g w wo or w w o Obviously, something this complex is best written in full form, but I'm looking for something to use in space
- Cockney rhyming slang - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Tiddley Winky Woo is being used just to mean "like so" or as a flourish like we might say "ta-da" It's a reference to an old song I'd not recommend a non-expert using the phrase these days as you could end up with a knuckle sandwich in the boat race, given later associations with homosexuality
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