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hoo⋅ey

  [hoo-ee] Informal.
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–interjection
1. (used to express disapproval or disbelief): Hooey! You know that's not true.
–noun
2. silly or worthless talk, writing, ideas, etc.; nonsense; bunk: That's a lot of hooey and you know it!
Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; orig. uncert.
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hoo·ey   (hōō'ē)   
n.   Slang
Nonsense: "the romantic hooey that always sold women's cosmetics" (Jerry Adler).

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
hooey [ˈhui]

  1. n.
    nonsense. : The whole newspaper is nothing but hooey today.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

hooey 
"nonsense, foolishness," 1924, of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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