Hooah
Template:Copy to Wiktionary 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