woo woo

woo woonoun詞源 1/ˈwuːˌwuː/

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  derogatoryslangA person readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations.

  • That reporter is a bit of a woo woo.
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  derogatoryslangSupernatural, paranormal, occult, esoteric, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations.

  • Near-synonyms: supernatural, paranormal, occult, esotericism, pseudoscience, quackery
  • He is really into all that woo woo.

woo wooadj詞源 1/ˈwuːˌwuː/

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  derogatoryslangSupernatural, pseudoscientific.

  • He made a living out of woo woo beliefs.
  • One person's wonderful supplement is another person's quackery. There are continual skirmishes—if not outright war—between some of the more woo-woo elements of the wellness industry and science and fact-based solutions.
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  derogatoryslangReadily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations.

  • Pert is a talented scientist who went woo woo many years ago for reasons I don’t have time to go into here.
  • Open-minded and vaguely woo-woo herself, she, too, left Jeffrey's chamber of Yoni floating.

woo woonoun詞源 2/ˈwuːˌwuː/

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  An alcoholic cocktail consisting of peach schnapps, vodka and cranberry juice.

  • Only top-shelf liquor is served, though Sasha refuses to serve drinks he deems fratlike. These include woo woos, kamikazes and shots of any kind.

woo woonoun詞源 3/ˈwuːˌwuː/

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  The sound of a siren.