hooey
Use Hooey in a sentence
i 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; origin uncertain
1920–25, Americanism; origin uncertain
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| —n, —interj | |
| slang nonsense; rubbish | |
| [C20: of unknown origin] | |
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Hooey
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
hooey
"nonsense, foolishness," 1924, of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
hooey definition[ˈhui]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
It can't be otherwise, and that's what blows me away about the statements from folk who say that climate change is hooey.
It's a seductive idea, and one that sells a lot of hooey.
The idea that the guy who drove the truck to deliver cans to that recycling facility ought to be reliable is hooey.
Another irresponsible bunch of hooey from the editors.
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