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hooey

[hoo-ee] / ˈhu i /


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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

Skeptics will cast a jaundiced eye on what is about to take place, dismiss Rose’s lessons as hooey.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2025

But the people who drew it had a ball with the hooey.

From New York Times May 24, 2023

Its buffoonish hooey and end-of-the-pier music may have amused its creative team and some critics, but with the benefit of hindsight its timing seems tasteless and incomprehensible.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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