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hoo-ha

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈhuːˌhɑː

Definitions

  1. A fuss, an uproar, a commotion or stir; hype; brouhaha, hullabaloo.
  2. The vagina, the vulva.

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Examples

There was a big hoo-ha about it in the papers, and then the world completely forgot the matter.”
Tucker Carlson (also a jacket and tie guy) picked up on the hoo-ha on his Fox News show, calling the hoodie-jacket combination a “cry for helpand inviting Roger Stone, the disgraced former political operative and author of his ownBest and Worst dressed List,” to comment.”
Did that make her a good judge of character, or a fool who was letting her hoo-ha do her thinking for her?”
She didn't want to lose their childish battle of wills, but neither did she want some parasite swimming up her hoo-ha.”
His mother later expressed disappointment that she'd been wrong, but by then, Belinda had a butterfly on her hoo-ha.”
Tara Davis-Woodhall, an American who placed sixth in the long jump at the Tokyo Games and took silver at last year’s world championships, reacted with equal parts humor and horror, commenting: “Wait my hoo haa is gonna be out.””

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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