Woo
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The word Woo may have a number of meanings:
Wooing is another term for courtship.
Woo is a 1997 comedy film starring Jada Pinkett Smith; see Woo (film).
Woo is one of several transliterations of the Chinese family name Wu; for example, John Woo.
Woo (胡 or 鄔) is a surname in Hong Kong.
WOO was the radio call sign of the now-defunct AT&T ship-to-shore radiotelephone station in Navesink, New Jersey.
WoO is a term in music for a "work without opus number".
Woo is a catch phrase which professional wrestlers Ric Flair and Sting use. It may also include more than two O's. Wrestling fans also woo when a wrestler chops or slaps another wrestler's chest.
Woo can be a general term for joy, in either a realistic or sarcastic manner, and is often paired with the word "yay" (for example "woo, yay!" or "woo and, verily, yay!"). The phrase is generally used online and may have originated from the website B3ta or possibly from the TV show The Simpsons, where Homer Simpson frequently cries out "Woohoo!" when he has just succeeded at something.