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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Woo hoo! #178296 07/26/2008 6:26 PM Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 4 BaselAnnie stranger BaselAnnie stranger Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 4 This is a phrase I am wondering about: How and when did "Woo hoo!" as an exultant expression of rejoicing get started? I see it on blogs--is it mostly just used in etalk, like LOL? Or are people actually saying it, and I am just not hearing it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Woo hoo! BaselAnnie 07/26/2008 6:26 PM Re: Woo hoo! tsuwm 07/26/2008 6:42 PM Re: Woo hoo! Hydra 07/27/2008 10:41 AM Re: Woo hoo! AnnaStrophic 07/27/2008 9:38 PM Re: Woo hoo! zmjezhd 07/27/2008 12:52 PM Re: Woo hoo! Hydra 07/27/2008 5:22 PM Re: Yahoo! Faldage 07/27/2008 11:42 PM Re: Yahoo! latishya 07/28/2008 12:33 AM Re: Woo hoo! The Pook 07/28/2008 2:51 AM Re: Woo hoo! zmjezhd 07/28/2008 1:48 PM Re: Woo hoo! twosleepy 07/28/2008 2:35 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,304 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,153 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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