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?

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.)

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

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 …

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 …

Sep 1, 2021 · From "Woo'd and Married and A'" in A Collection of Original Scots Songs, Poems, &c., by Various Hands (1772): Had they kent her but as weel as I did, / Their errand it wad ha' been sma', / …

Oct 1, 2011 · What is the difference between coquette and flirt? They seem to mean the exact same thing; is it only their historical or etymological baggage that determines different usage?

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 …

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 …

Nov 7, 2013 · What is the difference between these two sentences: 1 ) Please tell me why is it like that. (should I put question mark at the end) 2 ) Please tell me why it is like that. (should I put question ...