Used to express approval, joy or victory.
Lizzie has broken a world record, and she is now an Olympic medallist! – Hooray!
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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Power blipped while I was asleep, and the noise the everything made woke me up. Happy May, here's about a foot of snow. So now my ass is up at 3am drinking coffee so I can go back to sleep. (Hooray ADHD body chemis…
“Hooray! Hope you had a good holiday.”
“It's not free. The price are higher taxes. Meaning, they see their disposable income shrink and start screaming. You can easily win that game by getting cancer. Getting out more than you put in, hooray!”
“Power blipped while I was asleep, and the noise the everything made woke me up. Happy May, here's about a foot of snow. So now my ass is up at 3am drinking coffee so I can go back to sleep. (Hooray ADHD body chemistry!)”
“I’m having a very early morning snack in prep for my PET scan at 11:30 😊 after that, it’s all about writing! Hooray for #5amwritersclub. Always a pleasure to write with you!”
“Hooray! It is payday. I also had a bill for council rates... Hooray! $700 ish to pay for poorly filled potholes and inconsistent garbage collection!”
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(Australia, colloquial) goodbye.
“And I told him, ‘I even guarantee I’ll take (the girl) to the airport and put her on a plane and wave, Hooray’.”
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A shout to signify victory.
The Caribbean isn’t just for minor royals and hedge-fund hoorays. But the hurricanes had not struck the southern Caribbean (they rarely do), and the hedge fund hoorays were clearly confined to Mustique.
“hooray ^-^ nothing could possibly go wrong ^-^ yippee ^-^”
“Fantastic! And hooray for the rain and snow!”
“PS. Hooray! The "Gift Article" tag has returned to my account as mysteriously as it left many months ago. Perhaps I won't need to add 🎁🔗 anymore?”
“Hooray for Jongler Juesday! A smooch for him and Tenna >:3”
“YIPPEE!!!! HOORAY!!!! YAHHOOOOOOOOO”
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