Hooah
Hooah /ˈhuːɑː/ is military slang Originally HOOA used by US Army Airborne in World War II meaning " Head Out Of Ass " and was a spin off of Radio Operators HUA "Heard Understood Acknowledged" as the term spread throughout the Army and the Army became more PC it became more of a general meaning "anything and everything except 'no'".[1][2]
Used by soldiers in the U.S. Army, which accounts for the vast majority of the usage of the word.
Possible meanings
Some popular usages of hooah include:[3]
See also
- Cheering
- HOORA - Used by US Army Rangers
- HOOAH! Bar – a US military energy bar
- Hooyah – the United States Navy Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) commando equivalent
- Huzzah – a 16th-century equivalent
- Oorah – the United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard equivalent
References
HOORA used by US Army Rangers
- ↑ "ANAD participates in Veterans Day events". U.S. Army. 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
- ↑ "Soldier-Speak: A Brief Guide to Modern Military Jargon". U.S. Army. 2015-03-8. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
- ↑ – U.S. Army Hooah Race
- ↑ Under the entry for HOOAH
- ↑ Snopes inquiry
- ↑ Some additional resource to the effect that "HUA" is indeed the proper usage from radio operators as "Heard, Understood, and Acknowledged" as opposed to a bacronym
External links
- About.com article with ideas about Hooah's etymology
- About.com article with some possible definitions
- Hooah uttered at the end of the re-enlistment oath, Baghdad, July 4th, 2008: at time 1:08 on the video clip
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