woohoo
/wuːˈhuː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To engage in sexual intercourse, especially as referenced in The Sims video game series.
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
noun
The game mechanic above, often accompanied by suggestive animations but without explicit depiction.
Example Sentences
- "Woohoo! It’s summer again!"
- "She […] hath ſtiled him with an immortall penne, the bawewawe of ſchollars, the tutt of gentlemen, the tee-heegh of gentlewomen, the phy of citizens, the blurt of Courtiers, the poogh of good letters, the faph of good manners, and the whoop-hooe of good boyes in London ſtreetes."
- "At some point I discovered real romance novels, the ones with all the euphemisms and graphic bits rather than WooHooing and ambiguously ruffling sheets, and moved on from the lurid stories of my sim families. My love for the series lives on though my interest in making my sims get it on has waned. Later installments have introduced public WooHooing, time travel sex, and the ability to seduce the Grim Reaper, […]"
- "Ok, I have two female sims who are roommates and I made them WooHoo because why not. […] So then I assumed since my sim was already pregnant WooHoo'ing again would be fine, but then after this my second sim has started throwing up."
- "[…] while I may no longer be interested, The Sims is still likely introducing legions of curious teens and pre-teens safely to the strangeness of the ambiguous WooHoo."
- "The Sims 4 has had 1.8 Billion Woohoos"
Etymology
From the interjection woohoo.
Usage
Inflected Forms
whoo-hoo (alternative)
whoo hoo (alternative)
woo hoo (alternative)
woo-hoo (alternative)
WooHoos (present, singular)
WooHooing (participle, present)
WooHooed (participle, past)
WooHooed (past)
WooHoos (plural)