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yah boo, int. (and n.) slang (orig. children's).|jɑː buː|
Also ya(a) boo and with hyphen.
[f. yah int.1 + boo int.]
An exclamation of scorn or derision. Also attrib. and transf.
1921H. Williamson Beautiful Years 83 Willie and Jack, scorning to reply to the yaa-boos of the retreating urchins, were licking their hurts. 1926‘R. Crompton’ William the Conqueror i. 16 ‘Yah—boo, softie!’ he called over the wall. 1961Times 7 Apr. 20/7 It [sc. a boo] is far from a pretty sound—rather moronic, in fact—and smacks too much of the ‘yah boo’ which used to be the height of brilliant preparatory school repartee. 1968[see suck n.1 11]. 1973Times 28 Dec. 8/6 People..who are tired of the ‘Yah-boo’ school of debate. a1976A. Christie Autobiogr. (1977) ii. ii. 76 Two small boys arrived..preparing as usual to say, ‘Yah. Boo. Shan't go.’ 1981London Rev. Bks. 19 Nov.–2 Dec. 12/2 The impatient rejection of ‘Ya! Boo!’ politics.
Hence yah boo sucks [suck n.1 11], used similarly.
1980‘A. Skinner’ Mind's Eye xiii. 181 Ya boo sucks to anyone who was interested. 1983Listener 22 Dec. 62/2 This is neither a tranche of free advertising, nor a yah-boo-sucks to temperance advocates. |