hoopla

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I don't know what all the hoopla is about.

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  1. noun Boisterous, jovial commotion or excitement.
  2. noun Extravagant publicity: The new sedan was introduced to the public with much hoopla.
  3. noun Informal Talk intended to mislead or confuse.

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  • But after a rocky start to my sex life, I'd finally discovered what all the hoopla was about. —  Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 2] - Changeling
  • And I don't see what all the hoopla is all about, you can't really see the face because it is turned away. —  Paula Mooney's Tips - Get blog readers and make money online...
  • Or -- my own preferred theory -- it could be that forty million boomers all visited the site exactly once to eavesdrop on their kids and maybe see what all the hoopla is about, clicked about aimlessly for a few minutes, unable to discover or understand a thing, then closed the browser in frustration and vowed never to return. —  ClickZ News
  • April 4th, 2009 at 2: 13 pm aww, congrats to them!!! from the sound of things, this delivery was much less eventful than max 'so that's great! as for all the name hoopla, all those who say the name is horrible or whatever, need to take a step back and wonder how they'd feel if the situation were reversed. —  Celebrity Baby Blog
  • I am not too sure what all the hoopla is all about. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
 

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  1. Perhaps from French houp-là, upsy-daisy! : houp (of imitative origin) + , there; see voilà.
 

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