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- 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 )
- Coquette vs. flirt - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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?
- 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
- 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
- Why are there 3 different ways to pronounce oo?
woo- This isn’t a useful class of words to memorize, but they’re interesting in terms of etymology The sequence wu is uncommon in English spelling (the letter w, as its name implies, used to be written as two u’s, which makes “wu” the awkward sequence uuu ) Consider the spelling of the word “wolf” wʊlf < OE wulf
- Onomatopoeia for sirens (police, ambulance, fire engines)
3 I like the one suggested by the UD: Wee woo: is the sound a siren makes It is used in jest, to make fun of police cars, fire engines, ambulances, anything with a siren, really Popularized by short films Anyway I don't think there is an 'official' one
- Difference between Warm regards and Best regards
Warm Regards is relatively unusual, even in the more common form Warmest Regards It's probably best reserved for close friends relatives Best Regards is quite common, even in "semi-formal" emails and business letters today Though I personally wouldn't use it unless I've personally met the addressee It's also fine for personal correspondence - but some may feel it's become a bit
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