On the Skeptics StackExchange you quite often read users referring to certain things and practices as "woo". What is the origin of this word? How did it come to be synonymous with skeptics?
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Woo and woo-hoo (and variations like yahoo, yee-haw, and yippee) indicate excitement. (Woot, also spelled w00t among an online in-crowd, is a probably ephemeral variant.)
3 I've seen "wee woo" used for all types of sirens, including ambulance and fire: Wee-woo! Wee-woo! It was the unmistakable sound of a police car siren. — Time Sneak
At first I thought it was called wooing/wooed. But then I checked the Free Dictionary: woo (w) v. wooed, woo ing, woos v.tr. 1. To seek the affection of with intent to romance. 2. a. To seek to achieve; try to gain. b. To tempt or invite. 3. To entreat, solicit, or importune. v.intr. To court a woman And realized it was not. What's the correct ...
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3 I like the one suggested by the UD: Wee woo: is the sound a siren makes. It is used in jest, to make fun of police cars, fire engines, ambulances, anything with a siren, really. Popularized by short films. Anyway I don't think there is an 'official' one.
How is the causative form of fall used in English? In the present tense, often enough, A tree falls in the woods, but a logger falls trees as well. but in the past tense, A tree fell in the woo...