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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Hoo-ah! Fubar! #154642 01/30/2006 3:32 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Mm, I always wondered about that (not least every time I re-watch one of my favourite actors in Scent of a Woman). The hurrah/huzza derivation seems a pretty likely one, doesn’t it? The OED has a 1682 cite for huzza, and this most appositely from Farquhar’s The Recruiting Officer in 1706: Huzza then! huzza for the queen, and the honour of Shropshire! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Hoo-ah! Hoo-yah! AnnaStrophic 01/30/2006 12:24 PM Re: Hoo-ah! Fubar! maverick 01/30/2006 3:32 PM Re: Hoo-ah! Fubar! WhitmanO'Neill 02/02/2006 4:18 PM Re: Hoo-ah! Fubar! belMarduk 02/02/2006 11:31 PM Re: Hoo-ah! Fubar! tsuwm 02/03/2006 1:21 AM Re: Fubar! maverick 02/03/2006 12:05 PM Re: Fubar! Faldage 02/03/2006 11:42 PM Re: Fubar! Father Steve 02/04/2006 1:21 AM Re: Fubar! Faldage 02/04/2006 1:45 AM Re: Fubar! Father Steve 02/04/2006 3:40 AM Re: Fubar! belMarduk 02/05/2006 6:50 PM Re: Fubar! wofahulicodoc 02/05/2006 9:36 PM Re: Hoo-ah! Hoo-yah! Jackie 01/30/2006 3:32 PM Re: Hoo-ah! Hoo-yah! Elizabeth Creith 01/30/2006 5:00 PM Re: Hoo-ah! Hoo-yah! Homo Loquens 01/31/2006 5:07 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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