Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oojah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oo-jah
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something whose name is unknown or unimportant; a thingy; a whatsit.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Expect I shall get a raspberry from the old Oojah if I arrive (with the milk) blotto. Never mind, I have not had a backshee binge for years!"
"Oh, look! your bag's opened itself wide and all the little oojahs have gone down the steps."
"DAPHNE. I say, old bean, where’s the oojah? MARK. The oojah? DAPHNE: The om-tiddly-om-pom."
"CUT-THE-RASHER: Aye, indeed – Mary Doyle’s missing her bit of comfort. MRS DOYLE: G’long you dirty-minded ould hoojah. That’s one thing anyway: we won’t have to be putting up with you once we leave the lane."
"I’ve seen blokes in hot countries go clean round the oojar because of the perverted practices of native women."

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps formed in English from a similar term; compare whosit, whaddayacallit. Perhaps coined as an exotic-sounding nonsense word. Perhaps from Persian or Urdu حجت (hujjat, “argument”), from Arabic حجة (ḥujja, “argument; pretext”). Attested from the early 20th century.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: حجت, حجة

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

oojahs (plural) hoojah (alternative) ooja (alternative) oojar (alternative)

Derived Forms

oojamaflip

Phrases

oojah capivvy oojah-cum-spiff

Questions

What does oojah mean?: Something whose name is unknown or unimportant; a thingy; a whatsit.
Where does oojah come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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