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woo woo
[ woo-woo ]
noun
- any force, phenomenon, process, etc., that has no clear scientific explanation and is regarded by some as mystical or spiritual and by others as illusory or fraudulent:
I鈥檓 hesitating about this alternative therapy, because so far it鈥檚 just woo woo and not really provable.
Higher-frequency thoughts like gratitude or love raise your frequency and lift you up鈥攊f that鈥檚 not too much woo-woo for you.
adjective
- relating to a force, phenomenon, process, etc., that has no clear scientific explanation and is regarded by some as mystical or spiritual and by others as illusory or fraudulent:
I know it sounds very woo woo, but as I wrote the song I felt the presence and inspiration of my late grandfather so powerfully it gave me the shivers.
I did my best to refute the worst woo-woo pseudoscience in the blog, but it was difficult.
woo-woo
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adjective
- derogatory.based on or involving irrational superstition
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of woo woo1
Example Sentences
These were regular people, he said, not just 鈥渨oo woo鈥 L.A. hippies.
I鈥檓 going 鈥榃oo! Woo!鈥 and Phillip said, 鈥極h my gosh.鈥
I've had them moments where I'm like, "Oh, it's so political, woo, woo, woo."
This sounds super woo woo, but I swear it's the truth: I had my leg bent and rested up on the edge of the kitchen sink I was ashing into when all of a sudden I heard her in my mind saying, "When I was your age you were almost a teenager."
Woo woo woooo was how he explained the noise to me, capturing with startling accuracy a collective surge of grief and menace.
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What else does woo-woo mean?
Woo-woo is a slang term used to insult mystical or supernatural beliefs not backed up by science.
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[ woo-woo ]
Where does woo-woo come from?
Woo-woo is first recorded in the 1980s, used to mock beliefs associated with the likes of New Age culture.
The term may have originated as an imitation of the sound of the theremin in horror and sci-fi films and TV, or of the spooky noises associated with ghosts and the supernatural.
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Although woo-woo is usually considered derogatory, some alternative medicine practitioners, such as Deepak Chopra, have used the term themselves.
How is woo-woo used in real life?
As noted, some in the spiritualist or alternative medicine communities have taken up the label woo-woo, including U.K.-based spiritual teacher and podcaster Vix Maxwell (who goes by the moniker New Age Hipster). She, for instance, offers Woo Woo 101 courses for beginners at her Woo Woo School.听
Skeptics, however, typically use woo-woo to make fun of or dismiss (sometimes very harmful) pseudoscientific wellness beliefs and their practitioners. National Geographic Traveler even declared Sedona, Arizona to be the 鈥淐apital of Woo-Woo鈥 in a 2010 magazine article.
Huge difference. 鈥楢drenal failure鈥 is a legitimate medical condition in which, for whatever reason, the adrenal glands don鈥檛 produce enough hormone for the body. Can be life-threatening.
鈥楢drenal fatigue鈥 is woo-woo from people who want to steal from you.
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More examples of woo-woo:
鈥淚鈥檝e seen two posts about being an empath on Facebook today. Everyone ready for a new, woo-woo buzz word?鈥
鈥擛tomorrow_kelly, October 2018
鈥淚 don鈥檛 want to get too woo-woo about the whole thing, but there is kind of a spiritualism or mysticism with some kinds of fly fishing, especially when you progress through the beginning, intermediate and advanced stages鈥
鈥擳om Morgan quoted by Chet Layman, MTN News, October 2018
Note
This content is not meant to be a formal definition of this term. Rather, it is an informal summary that seeks to provide supplemental information and context important to know or keep in mind about the term鈥檚 history, meaning, and usage.
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