Definitions
Etymologies
- First attested in the late 17th C. Unknown (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The full tracklisting is provided handily on the back in English, hooray!”
“The diagram is more about actions one should take to be in the "hooray" zone, more so than fitting a certain job into these categories.”
The Road To Happiness In Your Work Lies In The Hooray! Zone | Lifehacker Australia
“I'm no hipster, but even I know that the word "hooray" should NEVER be used except ironically.”
“So "hooray" for SecondLife - you've just told me that a simple honest person paying cash can NOT pay for an account. --so it seems from this end of the wire.”
On Linden Lab's Contingency Measures to Ensure Service as Second Life Grows - SLOG
“Millions of ruined knees shout "hooray" or they would, if knees had mouths.”
“And when they turned in the drive and Teddy and Hal walked off to the barn, the sleighbells jingling like Christmas chimes in the air, they shouted "hooray" again, one and all.”
“But recognizing directly that it was land, he cried out "hooray" which is the English exclamation of joy or applause, and asked for some drink money.”
“Hooray!" replied the crowd, and a feeble "hooray"'was heard from between the logs of old Miller's hut.”
“I say "hooray" only because this might be the final SW post on this loser, & no more taxpayer $ will be spent on a stale legal farce.”
“In regard to "Baylor University: Let's separate fact from fiction; School has proud history in Houston, Medical Center" (Page B9, Wednesday), a resounding "hooray" for R. Dary Stone, chairman of the Baylor University Board of R.gents, and Baylor interim President David E. Garland for taking their opponents and the Houston Chronicle to the woodshed for a much needed, and overdue, history lesson on both Baylor University and Baylor College of Medicine.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hooray’.
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Speaking in Tongues - an REM list
Words heard in various REM songs that I enjoy and that I think are indicative of the band. Not too literally, of course.
pilgrimage, pageant, suspicion, penitence, gentlemen, chronic, stigma, deadlier, transit, fortunate, momentum, misconstrued and 162 more...
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Exclamations!
Go on, express that feeling! Cor Blimey!
cripes, blimey, dang, gosh, woah, golly, gadzooks, wow, oh, whoops, darn, damn and 19 more...
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upascal's Words
threnody, llama, hungry, hooray, sensational, wonderful, brilliant, fantastic, tasty, taciturn
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