whoop-de-do

Example Sentences

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“I don’t think the relationship with the Republican president was a whoop-de-do for anyone,” she said.

From New York Times

She said, “It’s all mine and whoop-de-do and who cares? I never wanted it in the first place, especially the alligator. But that’s how it goes around here. Divorce settlement. You end up with all kinds of things you don’t want.”

From Literature

If anyone has standing to disapprove, it’s the person who rose up from nothing on her own merits over people whose biggest whoop-de-do accomplishment was being born.

From Washington Post

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

From New York Times

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