hoo-ha as euphemism

[Wilson Gray]

I've heard "hoo-ha" used as such a euphemism on various sitcoms for
years. Unfortunately, I can't recall the name of any such sitcom or
even so much as suggest a time-frame for any of them. I'm something of
a language snob and I consider "hoo-ha" = "vagina" to be beneath
contempt and an expression lame beyond expression. What can I tell
you? WAG: "Cheers."

-Wilson

On 2/14/07, Mark Peters <markpeters33 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> On South Park there was a reference to "putting the hoo-hoo-dilly in the cha-cha."
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> On Feb 14, 2007, at 9:11 AM, Hillary Brown wrote:
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> > Hoo-hoo shows up in the movie _Boys on the Side_.
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> and more variants come in.
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> surely this started as a nursery word -- and is widely reported by
> mothers as the word they use to their young daughters.
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> arnold
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