Hooah !

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Booyah" is also part of the caveman-grunt family. Earliest recovered cite seems to be from 1995.  Civilians prefer this one, especially while watching,  playing, or preparing to play football.

And that's all I know about that.

JL


Barnhart <barnhart at HIGHLANDS.COM> wrote:
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How does this compare with "booyah"?

David

barnhart at highlands.com

American Dialect Society on Tuesday, August 2,
2005 at 9:55 AM wrote:


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>An acroetymythonym ? Things have gotten so dumb, who can tell anymore?
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_slang#A :
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> Hooah...a spirited cry, which can mean nearly anything
>positive. Short for "Heard, Understood and Acknowledged." See also,
>HUA. HUA Head up Ass
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>For the uninitiated, "Hooah ! " has been the U.S. Army's preferred way of
>saying, "Yes indeed," "Wow," "Right on," "O.K.," etc. for about fifteen
>years. It can even be a question :
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>"Let's get some beers. Hooah ? " "Hooah ! "
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>Apparently the only grammatical answer to "Hooah ? " is "Hooah ! "
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>Yowzah.
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>Stress is always on the first syllable, and it often helps to make the
>word sound as much like a caveman grunt as possible. BTW, Marines do not
>and *must* not say "Hooah ! " They must instead say "Oorah ! " though I'm
>not sure that it's used as a question yet.
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