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hooey

[hoo-ee] / ˈhu i /


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Well, given the amount of Marvel Cinematic Universe hooey thrown into this thing . . . what isn’t the plot?

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

Stuart Reges, who taught computer science at the school since 2004, thought this was hooey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

It shouldn’t have to be said, but this is a bunch of hooey.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2025

Michiko Kakutani, writing in The New York Times, called it “a sappy romance novel, gussied up with some sentimental claptrap about the emotional life of animals and lots of Walleresque hooey about men and women.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2022

The people of the United States know, as I know, that that is just plain hooey.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson


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