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ooh-la-la, int.|ˈuːlɑːlɑː|
Also oo-la-la, oolala, etc.
[ad. F. ô là! là!]
An exclamation of surprise, appreciation, etc. Hence as n., (a) the interjection ‘ooh-la-la’; (b) slang, the ‘naughtiness’ popularly associated with the French; ‘spiciness’; (c) an attractive or provocative girl. Also attrib. or as adj., and as v. intr.
1924Dialect Notes V. 274 Exclamations in American English (title)..oo(h):..—la la. 1940E. A. Robertson Summer's Lease xx. 269 He went to France..believing that French girls were all ‘Oo la la and snatch my garter’. 1943Hunt & Pringle Service Slang 49 Oolala, Army French meaning O.K. or ‘hot stuff’. 1950Brooks & Warren Fund. Good Writing xii. 402 Bug-eyed young matrons oo-la-la-ing over the purchase of sheets or toothbrushes. 1952‘J. Tey’ Singing Sands xiii. 215 ‘I like my iniquity with some ooh-la-la in it.’ ‘Hasn't Daphne got any ooh-la-la?’ ‘No. Daphne's very la-di-da.’ 1952S. J. Perelman Ill-Tempered Clavichord (1953) 72 Their silken ankles a target for the ardent glances of gendarmes twirling spiked mustaches and muttering appreciative ooh-la-las. 1959Spectator 24 July 102/3 The ooh-la-la French maid. 1960I. Cross Backward Sex 72 If this red-haired oo-la-la gets out of hand, I'll fix her for you. 1961Sunday Express 7 May 17/2 The Swiss rely on precision..and the French on oo-la-la. 1970S. J. Perelman Baby, it's Cold Inside 161 The playful slaps and oo-la-la's that rang through the valley reassured us that they were still alive. 1973Times 10 Apr. 7/6 Those two great standbys of French fashion, quality and a little bit of ooh-la-la. 1973A. Hunter Gently French viii. 75 He gave a dirty laugh. ‘I've heard about her [sc. a French-woman]. When do you get to the ooh la la?’ 1975J. F. Burke Death Trick (1976) vii. 89 ‘I'll have a French Seventy-five,’ she said. Cathleen said, ‘Oo! La-la!’ and started a split of bubbly. |