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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! 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!
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!
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…
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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.
“Fantastic! And hooray for the rain and snow!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“YIPPEE!!!! HOORAY!!!! YAHHOOOOOOOOO”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hooray for Jongler Juesday! A smooch for him and Tenna >:3”
— Bluesky· May 2026“hooray ^-^ nothing could possibly go wrong ^-^ yippee ^-^”
— Bluesky· May 2026“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?”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Used to express approval, joy or victory.
Lizzie has broken a world record, and she is now an Olympic medallist! – Hooray!
“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!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hooray! Hope you had a good holiday.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“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!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“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!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“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!)”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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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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