hoo-ha as euphemism

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Wed Feb 14 17:21:31 UTC 2007


On Feb 14, 2007, at 9:11 AM, Hillary Brown wrote:

> Hoo-hoo shows up in the movie _Boys on the Side_.

and more variants come in.

surely this started as a nursery word -- and is widely reported by
mothers as the word they use to their young daughters.

arnold

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