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  • Bridget Locke said ... hoo-boy ... at work I've got my outlook, sticky notes, lined notes, etc. to try to keep track of stuff.

    Guest Author - Yasmine Galenorn Nalini Singh 2009

  • Writers seem generally pretty incapable of fair reporting on anything potentially “juicy”, and hoo-boy do they love some money/sex/secrecy/scandal.

    Sex worker spies on salary « Bound, Not Gagged 2008

  • My local P.O. is pretty good, but every once in a while, hoo-boy, something happens funny...like this.

    Artwork? Wherefore art thou, artwork? Chuck Wells 2010

  • I had to make a special trip to get to the nearest one in Louisville, but when I did, hoo-boy, there went my paycheck.

    JLA Denim Shirt - 1997 rob! 2009

  • Sloth is probably my favorite, and hoo-boy am I guilty of that one pretty often.

    Don't Tempt Me... 2007

  • I can only imagine he limited himself to 2/DC/9, but hoo-boy.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Clerkship Hiring — How Bad Is It?: 2009

  • Thankfully, the other team moms are pretty nice and encouraging as they take me under their wing so I will have help and, hoo-boy do I need help…LOTS of help!

    18 « January « 2008 « Adventures in Juggling 2008

  • Thankfully, the other team moms are pretty nice and encouraging as they take me under their wing so I will have help and, hoo-boy do I need help…LOTS of help!

    ready or not « Adventures in Juggling 2008

  • While 2 of them were lovely, the third served up dessert wine and hoo-boy did I not enjoy that.

    Eating (and Drinking) Out Around Seneca Lake, NY 2007

  • I was amused by this passage for a while, envisioning the many ordinary Chicagoans trying to sneak into this exciting convention happening in their midst*, until I wound up going out to dinner with two nonspecialists--and hoo-boy: I kinda wish that they had been banned not just from the conference panels, but from the entire city of Chicago.

    Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2007

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