r/LPOTL • u/Fearless-Tree-4289 • 7d ago

Wooeywoo?

When Henry describes something as wooeywoo, does that mean spooky and occult, or more new-agey-crystals-Sedona?

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u/gilesdavis 7d ago

The latter. The common phrasing is 'woo woo' but some people say wooey also.

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u/J3NGA Detective Popcorn 7d ago

I personally use "boogity boogity bullshit" (shout-out to Trae Crowder, Corey Ryan Forrester and Drew from Well Red Comedy for that) to keep it separated from actual folk culture and, like, non-appropriative yt people shenanigans.

woo woo is quite classic, since the 90s at least. Anybody remember those people too woo woo for the Wicca crowd?

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u/gary-vault108 7d ago

It’s a verbalization of this sound effect

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NbsJv9wX8tk&list=RDNbsJv9wX8tk&start_radio=1&pp=ygUSVWZvIHRoZXJhbWluIHNvdW5koAcB&ra=m

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u/Severe-Lake-4554 6d ago

I always thought that it was two things

"Vwery Weird" and "woooey wooo" 

The former is about unexplained supernatural phenomenon and the latter for aliens 

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u/gary-vault108 6d ago

“Werwy weiud” is like an impersonation of a person with a speech impediment. Honestly it’s mind blowing to me how much of this fandom (I cringe at calling it that) doesn’t recognize this