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hoojah

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English

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Etymology 1

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Unknown. Compare Hoosier and hoogie.[1]

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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hoojah (plural hoojahs)

  1. (US, derogatory, ethnic slur) A white (Caucasian) person.
    • 1929, Claude McKay, Banjo‎[1], published 1957, →ISBN, page 222:
      I been around Paree with one a them once, a dandy hoojah.
    • 2006, Charlotte Bingham, In Distant Fields, page 103:
      'You are really a hoojah, really you are, Pug,' Livia murmed affectionately.
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Etymology 2

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Unknown; see oojah.

Noun

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hoojah (plural hoojahs)

  1. Alternative form of oojah (“thing whose name is unknown”)

References

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  1. ^ Jonathon Green (1998) “hoogie”, in Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, Finland: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 734: “hoogie n. (also hoogy) [1970s+] (US Black) a derog. term for a White person, esp. a racist. [? ʜᴏᴏᴊᴀʜ n./ʜᴏᴏsɪᴇʀ n. (6)]”
  2. ^ Jonathon Green (1998) “hoojah”, in Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, Finland: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 734: “hoojah n. (also hoojer) [1920s+] (US Black) a derog. term for a White person.”
  3. ^ Johnathan Green (2010) “hoojah”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang, volume 2, London: Chambers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 845: “hoojah n. (also hoojer, houjah) 1 (US Black) a derog. term for a white person”
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