The Origin and Meaning of "Woo"

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  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    snowflake954 wrote: »
    snickerscharlie wrote: »
    snowflake954 wrote: »
    earlnabby wrote: »
    snowflake954 wrote: »
    "Disagree" is so much clearer than "woo". If I disagree with what has been posted, I have no option but to use "woo" or respond to the poster. I "disagree" is a lot more mild than "woo" (you're full of ****). So, I don't understand the problem of changing it. I also miss "awesome". Some posts are just...awesome, and it's a way to compliment a wonderful post.

    Actually, it defeats the purpose of the "Woo" button. Woo means that evidence supporting the comment is lacking. Disagree means that you do not agree with the post. One is referring to supportive evidence or the lack thereof and the other is opinion.

    Everything is opinion--"insightful", "inspiring", "like", and "hug", so don't agree with you. So, I'm asking: if I disagree with a post, what're my options? Only "woo"?

    Yup.

    Here's what I do. If there's a post that's a woopalooza, and another poster has already responded with what I would have said, I'll Woo the original post and then use the Like or Insightful button to support the post responding to it.

    This is what I do too. Oh Snicks--love your vocabulary "woopalooza"! I am still snickering over your "jimmies in a jam".

    The *kitten* filter here inspires me. o:)
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,592 Member
    edited May 2019
    Woo!


    Who?
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    "Woo" is short for "woo-woo", which means pseudoscience, BS, urban myth, derp, etc.

    http://skepdic.com/woowoo.html

    https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/woo-woo

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woo-woo


    I first heard of it back in the early 2000s in reference to all the New Age, paranormal beliefs a lot of people were into.

    It was known to have originated out of the mocking noise we make when people talk about ghosts: "Woooooo". :smiley:



    The Oxford Dictionary says:

    "Definition of woo-woo in English:

    woo-woo
    (also woo)

    ADJECTIVE
    derogatory, informal

    Relating to or holding unconventional beliefs regarded as having little or no scientific basis, especially those relating to spirituality, mysticism, or alternative medicine.

    ‘quartz crystals that were so popular with the woo-woo crowd’
    ‘phrases like that will prove a little woo-woo for some readers’

    NOUN
    mass noun
    derogatory, informal

    Unconventional beliefs regarded as having little or no scientific basis, especially those relating to spirituality, mysticism, or alternative medicine.

    ‘some kind of metaphysical woo-woo’

    Origin
    1980s: probably in imitation of a wailing sound traditionally attributed to ghosts and humorously associated with mysticism and the supernatural."

    A reminder.

    Thinking, "Woo Hoo" means "Woo" is like thinking, "Yeah Yeah" means "Yes". :smiley:
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,271 Member
    Fivepts wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    just as FYI, if a post get 5 'woo' votes it gets hidden from the thread... oooooooooooooooooh....

    But yours has 8 now and it's still here.

    No - if a post gets 5 flags it gets removed for moderator review.

    Flags are not the same as woo's.

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