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Mon Apr 15, 2013, 05:29 PM

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What is 'woo'? [View all] Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 OP

This... zappaman Apr 2013 #1

I love this guy!!! :) Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #4

Wow. Rex Apr 2013 #9

Okay I'll settle down Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #15

No that is great. Rex Apr 2013 #28

It's an internet-only word. closeupready Apr 2013 #2

The age of revolution Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #5

Things that require supernatural intervention to manifest. immoderate Apr 2013 #3

So miracles, prophecies, signs, wonders, faith etc Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #6

It depends whether they come from your own religion or not. MineralMan Apr 2013 #8

Thanks for the tip Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #16

Peace? Well, perhaps. MineralMan Apr 2013 #19

Peace and justice - even better :) Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #64

Exactly n/t arcane1 Apr 2013 #14

Agree with MM above. Also... immoderate Apr 2013 #26

Do we have to put Sasquatch in the same 'woo' plain as UFOs? Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #47

Sasquatch arrived in a UFO! immoderate Apr 2013 #53

just another trendy internet slang word quinnox Apr 2013 #7

The proverbial trend, eh? Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #17

Generally speaking rrneck Apr 2013 #10

very informative Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #22

there's a reason for preference for empiricism RainDog Apr 2013 #35

The police state has the power - so it thinks Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #65

back in the day (late '80s) I heard it referred to as "the cosmic woo-woo". CTyankee Apr 2013 #43

Superstitious, supernaturalist nonsense. backscatter712 Apr 2013 #11

I hear you Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #23

religion, putting clover in your ears to cure the common cold, thinking Thatcher's "spirit" gives a snooper2 Apr 2013 #12

Well, if you put it that way Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #20

John Woo, the man that brought us multiple cinematic catastrophes. Dash87 Apr 2013 #13

Who made 'woo'? Who made you? Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #18

If I made "Windtalkers" I wouldn't admit it! Dash87 Apr 2013 #24

ask the expert AngryAmish Apr 2013 #21

That's the real woo. N/T, woo! ok_cpu Apr 2013 #50

Pseudo science hack89 Apr 2013 #25

"Woo" is something to pitch! N_E_1 for Tennis Apr 2013 #27

Pseudoscience. kestrel91316 Apr 2013 #29

Generally it refers to nebulous, unsubstantiated ideas... Deep13 Apr 2013 #30

... SidDithers Apr 2013 #31

blanket term often used to belittle someone else's G_j Apr 2013 #32

Beliefs often labeled as 'woo' deserve to be belittled and derided. sagat Apr 2013 #38

I'm sure G_j Apr 2013 #44

So I don't have to hit myself if someone calls me with it? Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #49

... G_j Apr 2013 #52

I liked Kennedy Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #66

It usually means "supernatural" or "pseudoscience," such as ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #33

Short for "woo woo" Sedona Apr 2013 #34

No--that was air escaping from the folds of his fat! Arkana Apr 2013 #36

A term for pseudoscience sagat Apr 2013 #37

It's term Scientific Materialists use to denigrate what they are too dense to grok Berlum Apr 2013 #39

It's a term used to describe people who think chemtrails are real...nt SidDithers Apr 2013 #41

That is too funny for words. GoneOffShore Apr 2013 #42

You say "Scientific Materialists" like it's a bad thing. Codeine Apr 2013 #56

To me ... it means that I am going to convince you of something. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #40

Pseudoscience nt Taverner Apr 2013 #45

Woo, an adjective used to describe Woo... As in Woo Woo! Kip Humphrey Apr 2013 #46

Chained CPI nt Zorra Apr 2013 #48

! Kali Apr 2013 #51

It means if you wanna BE tha man, you've gotta BEAT tha man! Blue_Tires Apr 2013 #54

Half a candy bar? Fla_Democrat Apr 2013 #55

Wooooooooie woo has been around forever olddots Apr 2013 #57

To court a potential romantic partner? tarheelsunc Apr 2013 #58

In the context of a child.... Isoldeblue Apr 2013 #59

John Wooden. I met him once and he introduced himself as "Dr. Woo." Glimmer of Hope Apr 2013 #60

To me, it has always meant a derogatory cat-call. Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #61

Pseudoscientific superstitious bullshit. (n/t) Iggo Apr 2013 #62

A word that I have never heard in real life other than in the way you described. TheKentuckian Apr 2013 #63

Thank you all for your definitions... Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #67

Who made 'woo'? Who made you? Anonymousecoview Apr 2013 #68