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hooey

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hoo·ey  (h)
n. Slang
Nonsense: "the romantic hooey that always sold women's cosmetics" (Jerry Adler).
[Origin unknown.]
hooey [ˈhuːɪ]
n & interj
Slang nonsense; rubbish
[of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hooey - senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff"
poppycock, stuff and nonsense, stuff
hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
Translations
hooey [ˈhuːɪ] N → música f celestial
hooey
n (dated inf) → Gelabere nt (inf), → Quatsch m (inf)
hooey [ˈhuːɪ] n (fam) → fesserie fpl
hooey [ˈhuːɪ] n (fam) → fesserie fpl


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This, with all due respect, was a lot of election-year hooey.
The Fightin' Dems by Conway, Brendan / The National Interest
But to declare that the drunken, out-of-control man is the true man--or "in vino veritas," as the Latin tag goes--is simplistic hooey.
The Mel Gibson meltdown by Goodden, Herman / Catholic Insight
As much as you're told that you're in and out in a day, it's kind of a crock of hooey.
On the wild side: Julian McMahon has no sexual hang-ups, and he's not ... by Griffiths, John / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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