hoopla

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hoop⋅la

[hoop-lah]

–noun Informal.

1.	bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.

2.	sensational publicity; ballyhoo.

3.	speech or writing intended to mislead or to obscure an issue.

Origin:
1865–70; < F houp-là! command (as to a child) to move, take a step

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hoop·la (hōōp'lä', hŏŏp'-)

n. Informal

1. Boisterous, jovial commotion or excitement.
2. Extravagant publicity: The new sedan was introduced to the public with much hoopla.
Talk intended to mislead or confuse.

[Perhaps from French houp-là, upsy-daisy! : houp (of imitative origin) + là, there; see voilà.]

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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary

hoopla [ˈhuplɑ] or [ˈhuplə]

n.
hype; an outcry; a fuss or a to-do. : What's all this hoopla about?

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

hoopla

1877, hoop la, Amer.Eng., earlier houp-la, exclamation accompanying quick movement (1870), of unknown origin, perhaps borrowed from Fr. houp-là "upsy-daisy," also a cry to dogs, horses, etc.

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