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hoopla

n.
US //ˈhuˌpɫɑ// UK //hˈuːplɐ// hoopla
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Origin

Earlier houp-la, hoop la, first attested in c. 1877, probably from French houp-là, oup-là (“upsadaisy, upsy-daisy”), a cry to various animals close to humans like horses and dogs, of likely onomatopoeic origin (but see là). Compare interjections like whoop, ahoy, hoo.

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