etymology - What is the origin of the term "woo"? - English Language ...
Aug 3, 2015 · 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 …
Nov 2, 2014 · 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.)
How to represent an English police siren sound in writing?
Feb 27, 2024 · 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
single word requests - Verb to refer to people yelling "wooh ...
At first I thought it was called wooing/wooed. But then I checked the Free Dictionary: woo (w) v. wooed, woo·ing, woos v.tr. 1. To seek the affection of with intent to romance. 2. a. To seek to achieve; try to …
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 …
Onomatopoeia for sirens (police, ambulance, fire engines)
Aug 25, 2015 · 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 …
Someone who instigates conflict and then plays the victim?
Aug 5, 2017 · 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 …
How to write my Korean name in academic publications?
Oct 2, 2016 · I am a graduate student in Korea. I would like to know how to write my name in formal, in particular, in IEEE paper. Almost all names of Korean are with three letters. Each letter can be read …
Is the word "suitor" in the sense of a wooer obsolete in British ...
Jun 19, 2025 · A proofreader who is a native speaker of British English doesn't like me using the word "suitor" in the sense of someone who is courting a woman, because they claim the word …
How to distinguish the pronunciation of "year" and "ear"?
In my dialect (very close to General American, I've moved a lot) the following pairs are very distinct: /i/ and /ji/ (ear and year) /o/ and /wo/ (oak and woke) /u/ and /wu/ (ooh and woo) /ʌ/ and /wʌ/ (un- and …