Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Nonsense.
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- noun slang Silly talk or writing;
nonsense .
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- noun senseless talk
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It's just more hooey from the nattering nabobs of negativity.
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Grab a hankie, because the stench of hooey is going to get very strong, very fast.
Captains Hillstrand, Hillstrand & Hansen return to "Deadliest Catch," shocking no one Lisa de Moraes 2010
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Maybe I don’t get out enough, but all of that end times hooey is far removed from any point that I was trying to make.
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Furthermore, this is a plan that canât go wrong, because if it turns out the whole IQ link to race is a bunch of hooey, which is not unlikely, the fact remains there are lots of African American women who canât find reliable mates and likewise lots of Chinese men whose potential wives were aborted.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Furthermore, this is a plan that canât go wrong, because if it turns out the whole IQ link to race is a bunch of hooey, which is not unlikely, the fact remains there are lots of African American women who canât find reliable mates and likewise lots of Chinese men whose potential wives were aborted.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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While I would agree with the Governor that talk of "post-racialism" is hooey, that is about the only thing in his statement that I can agree with.
Keli Goff: Why Gov. Paterson is Right: Race Will Cost Him His Job 2009
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We've had it with what Truman would have called the hooey of politics -- the creation of candidates and personality persona by ghost writers, spin doctors, Madison Avenue experts and so forth.
Truman 1992
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Who knew that not having any spine to oppose blatantly bad Bush II SCOTUS appointments (at least we will hear no more old-school 'activist judge' hooey, which is something I guess) would turn out so badly for the incompetent Dems?
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Who knew that not having any spine to oppose blatantly bad Bush II SCOTUS appointments (at least we will hear no more old-school 'activist judge' hooey, which is something I guess) would turn out so badly for the incompetent Dems?
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Who knew that not having any spine to oppose blatantly bad Bush II SCOTUS appointments (at least we will hear no more old-school 'activist judge' hooey, which is something I guess) would turn out so badly for the incompetent Dems?
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