whoop-de-do
Example Sentences
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During the Wrights’ grand, two-day welcome home whoop-de-do in Dayton, a New York Times reporter caught them sneaking off to work in their shop three times on the first day.
From New York Times • May 3, 2015
The Aviary, a 15-minute cab ride from Logan Square in the West Loop, is a whoop-de-do.
From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2013
“Well, whoop-de-do: The boss rewarded me for landing that big account by congratuplating me at Chipotle.”
From Washington Post
He is assertive now, aware of his responsibilities, no longer thrown off balance by publicity and whoop-de-do.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is not patriotic whoop-de-do; it is carefully observed fact.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
