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whoop-de-do

[hoop-dee-doo, -doo, hoop-, hwoop-, hwoop-, woop-, woop-] / ˈhup diˌdu, -ˈdu, ˈhʊp-, ˈʰwup-, ˈʰwʊp-, ˈwup-, ˈwʊp- /


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Twitter, the company, declined to comment on the whoop-de-do.

From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2015

During the Wrights’ grand, two-day welcome home whoop-de-do in Dayton, a New York Times reporter caught them sneaking off to work in their shop three times on the first day.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2015

“Well, whoop-de-do: The boss rewarded me for landing that big account by congratuplating me at Chipotle.”

From Washington Post

Listeners-in on the Rev. Charles Edward Coughlin's radio program last Sunday heard as pompous and ominous a whoop-de-do as ever came out of Royal Oak, Mich. The hour began, as usual, with soft religious music.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is not patriotic whoop-de-do; it is carefully observed fact.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Artificial whoop-de-dos have nothing in common with their natural cousins.

From Time Magazine Archive




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