whoop-la

When he learned he had been assigned the case, he wrote his wife that if the case were not quickly settled, his decision would go against the government, and then "whoop-la, your little man is in the mud."

Geoffrey R. Stone: ACLU v. NSA: "A Fearless and Independent Judiciary" 2008

I think that part of why I feel so weary now--so exhausted about the whole thing is that all the whoop-la of gifts and cookies and food and holiday perfection often makes us miss the real reason for it all.

Christmas Times Seven 2007

I think that part of why I feel so weary now--so exhausted about the whole thing is that all the whoop-la of gifts and cookies and food and holiday perfection often makes us miss the real reason for it all.

Archive 2007-12-01 2007

Kerry is not running for any office, so it is clear from all this whoop-la, that the President and the Republicans are clutching at straws to keep their failed policies alive.

Blogtalk: The Kerry Kerfuffle, Day 2 - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2006

"I believe that this whoop-la over the ballots in Florida is planned massive confusion to stage the way for our federal government to centralize our voting in order for them to gain more control over the outcome of our elections."

CNN Transcript - Sunday Morning News: What Does Public Think About Presidential Recount? - November 19, 2000 2000

You're up against it, same as me, an 'you can unerstan' a feller; your heart's in the right place, by Harry -- come 'long, ole chappie, an 'we'll light up the house, an' have some fizz, an 'we'll raise hell, we will -- whoop-la!

The Jungle Upton Sinclair 1923

But instead of choristers in short skirts, tripping, the whoop-la and boosting the landlord's wine, one feasts the eye upon Münchenese of a rhinocerous fatness, dropsical and gargantuan creatures, bisons in skirts, who pass laboriously among the bibuli, offering bunches of little pretzels strung upon red strings.

Europe After 8:15 George Jean Nathan 1920

And while Waddy got over kind of late he had the luck to be in a replacement unit that made the whoop-la advance into

Torchy As A Pa Sewell Ford 1907

You're up against it, same as me, an 'you can unerstan' a feller; your heart's in the right place, by Harry -- come 'long, ole chappie, an 'we'll light up the house, an' have some fizz, an 'we'll raise hell, we will -- whoop-la!

The Jungle 1906

With a whoop-la, old Trimble Rogers leaped to his feet, the long musket at his shoulder.

Blackbeard: Buccaneer Ralph Delahaye Paine 1898