WOOHOO!

1. Used to express sudden or exuberant joy, happiness, excitement, approval or delight..

Synonyms: Hooray, yay, yahoo, yippee

Related terms: Whoopee... woot w00t

When I think of WOOHOO, Richard Morgan Fliehr comes to mind. Know him? Sure ya do, "Rick Flair", Wiki calls "Widely regarded as the greatest wrestler of all time and the best American performer of the 1980's...

Popular for his in-ring antics (including rulebreaking... "the dirtiest player in the game") he would strut and strut shouting "Woooooooo!", and sometimes WOOHOOOOOO!... Understand his inspiration was from Jery Lee Lewis's "Great Balls of Fire."

Another bird that comes to mind is Homer, as in Simpson. It is used when he's happy and often followed by "D'ho!" "Woohoo" is my SECOND favorite Homer line, followed closely behind "THE BOY DID IT!".. hehe.. As the roulette wheel spins around, Homer exclaims "D'oh! D'oh! D'oh! D'oh! D'oh! D'oh! D'oh! D'oh! D'oh! WOO-HOO!"

This probably won't make sense, but I love when in body experiences become out of body things... I wish I could find the youtube video (maybe a certain cousin could help!) but one of my favs was when Air Force (I believe it was) faked an injury late in the game to 'illegally' stop the clock, inciting, upsetting Wyoming Coach Dave Christensen to the point he went on a Rick Flair rant that included a (wonderfully) ridiculously loud "WOOOOO!"....

Quite frankly, this ain't too exciting a time of year. Christmas is over, the ball has dropped, bank accounts emptied, the reality of scraping ice, driving in snow, FREEZING, high gas bills has hit. Thus, why not think of WOOOOO,or WOOHOO moments!

Like..

When your child is born.
When your team wins on a last second play.

When the final family at the Christmas gathering finally walks in the door.

When ya ain't gotta go to work for a week... the plane lifts off the ground.. the sound of the wheels being stowed away in the fuselage...

Driving in your car, no one with you, your favorite song comes on. If the windows are up, you crank it. If you're over 60-something and your windows are down, you don't care, you crank it. It makes for S-eatin' grins when you get to the intersection and some snotnose pulls up right beside you. WOOOHOOOO!

When you see a really good, nice thing happen to a friend, loved one that is oh so "WOOHOO" deserving.

Sex. I'm sorry I'm not sorry I said that. Is there but a better WOOOHOO? Shame on you though for thinking of Rick Flair and his wife. Or... Marge/Homer, you pervert!

WOOHOO, within a group of friends, comes for no particular reason other than "I couldn't think of a place I'd rather be, and I am beyond delighted to be with you right here, right now."

WOOHOO is being a young punk, seeing Farrah, Goldie, Cher, Raquel, Bridget, Sophia, yada on the bigscreen. Certain you female piggies have/had your WOOHOO favs as well.

Payday WOOHOO...

School's out, woohoo.

Blackjack.

Seven, winner winner winner.

$20 on a $1 scratch off.... WOOHOO!

I'm a simpleton.. have some baby woohoo's I enjoy. The newspaper hitting the sidewalk. Seeing grandkid #1, 2 or 3 when I walk in the door. Hearing grandkid #3 (16 months old) press her lips together, blow, making a kinda-fartlike pphhhffftt noise, KNOWING she'd be a personal fav of my (RIP) former Mother Inlaw Rose Marie. Rose Marie, in and of herself, was a WOOHOO kinda person. Pics of any friend's grandkids on Facebook.

I do also believe there are internal woohoo's.... seeing a flashmob unfold... reading the one-liner of a friend and in a millesecond remembering/knowing what their sense of humor is like... Discovering "whew, it wasn't a shart." Lasagna outta the oven. Classic movies one has enjoyed again and again. When a superior that 'doesn't make mistakes', makes one, and is forced to admit it. Hehe, I likes that one. No wait, I LOVE that one.... Caller ID popping up indicating a good friend, loved one, fabulous customer, beloved vendor.

And... the woohoo's produced when thinking of fun, wonderful things from yesteryear. Forgive me for thinking of, remembering the past. Not, WOOHOO!

Life, the woohoo's within, be pretty damn good.

WOOHOO!

Love, Victurd