woo-wooadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈwuːwuː/, U.S.

/ˈwuˌwu/

Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English woo woo.

Etymology: Probably < woo woo, interjection, as a conventional representation of an eerie or ghostly sound (see whoo int. and compare whoo int. 4). Compare woo-hoo n. and int.

colloquial (depreciative). Originally U.S.

A. adj.

1. Designating a person or group holding beliefs or following practices regarded as unscientific, irrational, or outlandish, esp. ones relating to spirituality, mysticism, or alternative therapies. Also (and in earliest use) more generally: mad, crazy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > affected with

woodc725

woodsekc890

giddyc1000

out of (by, from, of) wit or one's witc1000

witlessc1000

brainsickOE

amadc1225

lunaticc1290

madc1330

sickc1340

brain-wooda1375

out of one's minda1387

frenetica1398

fonda1400

formada1400

unwisea1400

brainc1400

unwholec1400

alienate?a1425

brainless1434

distract of one's wits1470

madfula1475

furious1475

distract1481

fro oneself1483

beside oneself1490

beside one's patience1490

dementa1500

red-wood?1507

extraught1509

misminded1509

peevish1523

bedlam-ripe1525

straughta1529

fanatic1533

bedlama1535

daft1540

unsounda1547

stark raving (also staring) mad1548

distraughted1572

insane1575

acrazeda1577

past oneself1576

frenzy1577

poll-mad1577

out of one's senses1580

maddeda1586

frenetical1588

distempered1593

distraught1597

crazed1599

diswitted1599

idle-headed1599

lymphatical1603

extract1608

madling1608

distracteda1616

informala1616

far gone1616

crazy1617

March mada1625

non compos mentis1628

brain-crazed1632

demented1632

crack-brained1634

arreptitiousa1641

dementate1640

dementated1650

brain-crackeda1652

insaniated1652

exsensed1654

bedlam-witteda1657

lymphatic1656

mad-like1679

dementative1685

non compos1699

beside one's gravity1716

hyte1720

lymphated1727

out of one's head1733

maddened1735

swivel-eyed1758

wrong1765

brainsickly1770

fatuous1773

derangedc1790

alienated1793

shake-brained1793

crack-headed1796

flighty1802

wowf1802

doitrified1808

phrenesiac1814

bedlamite1815

mad-braineda1822

fey1823

bedlamitish1824

skire1825

beside one's wits1827

as mad as a hatter1829

crazied1842

off one's head1842

bemadded1850

loco1852

off one's nut1858

off his chump1864

unsane1867

meshuga1868

non-sane1868

loony1872

bee-headed1879

off one's onion1881

off one's base1882

(to go) off one's dot1883

locoed1885

screwy1887

off one's rocker1890

balmy or barmy on (or in) the crumpet1891

meshuggener1892

nutty1892

buggy1893

bughouse1894

off one's pannikin1894

ratty1895

off one's trolley1896

batchy1898

twisted1900

batsc1901

batty1903

dippy1903

bugs1904

dingy1904

up the (also a) pole1904

nut1906

nuts1908

nutty as a fruitcake1911

bugged1920

potty1920

cuckoo1923

nutsy1923

puggled1923

blah1924

détraqué1925

doolally1925

off one's rocket1925

puggle1925

mental1927

phooey1927

crackers1928

squirrelly1928

over the edge1929

round the bend1929

lakes1934

ding-a-ling1935

wacky1935

screwball1936

dingbats1937

Asiatic1938

parlatic1941

troppo1941

up the creek1941

screwed-up1943

bonkers1945

psychological1952

out to lunch1955

starkers1956

off (one's) squiff1960

round the twist1960

yampy1963

out of (also off) one's bird1966

out of one's skull1967

whacked out1969

batshit1971

woo-woo1971

nutso1973

out of (one's) gourd1977

wacko1977

off one's meds1986

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad > eccentric or cranky

fantastical1531

odd1577

eccentric1685

fanaticized1827

cranky1850

bee-bonneted1856

cornery1887

screwy1887

kinky1889

crankish1892

ratty1895

batchy1898

batsc1901

batty1903

potty1920

offbeat1922

off-centre1930

wacky1935

screwball1936

up the creek1941

oddball1945

wackadoo1958

kooky1959

wiggy1963

flaky1964

nutball1968

woo-woo1971

wacko1977

off-kilter1985

wackadoodle1993

fantastic-

1971 P. J. Farmer in Fantasy & Sci. Fiction Nov. 48/1 She's nuts, out of her skull, real woo-woo, you know.

1990 R. Scarce Eco-warriors v. 91 There is also a ‘woo-woo’ faction of highly spiritual devotees of Earth First! who prefer meditation to action.

2018 @Quegli 30 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 12 Dec. 2019) I even believe in the existence of past lives and that each and every one of us is watched over by guides from the other side, which, to some, would make me totally woo-woo squared.

2. Designating beliefs or practices regarded as unscientific, irrational, or outlandish, esp. ones relating to spirituality, mysticism, or alternative therapies.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [adjective] > false

pseudoscientific1836

woo-woo1986

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > bizarre

remote1533

antic1579

outlandish1588

bizarrea1648

outré1722

freakish1805

weird1820

freaky1824

weirdish1863

ostrobogulous1951

ostrobogulatory1952

far-out1954

weirdo1962

flaky1972

zonky1972

gonzo1974

mondo bizarro1976

mondo1979

woo-woo1986

freakazoid1990

1986 San Diego Evening Tribune 16 July c6/1 Averse to what she calls ‘woo-woo medicine’.., Schwartz puts her faith in modern medical practices.

2014 Australian (Nexis) 12 July 4 The biodynamic system of organic farming..involves some pretty woo-woo stuff: spraying homeopathic doses of powered quartz crystals over the farm to harness the energy of the cosmos, that kind of thing.

B. n.

1. A person who holds beliefs or follows practices regarded as unscientific, irrational, or outlandish, esp. ones relating to spirituality, mysticism, or alternative therapies.In quot. 1972 with reference to labour union members protesting the Vietnam War (1955–75), a cause often associated with countercultural movements.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity > person

fantastical1589

fantastic1598

earwig brain1599

extravagant1627

fanatic1644

energumen1660

original1675

toy-pate1702

gig1777

quiz1780

quoz?1780

rum touch1800

crotcheteer1815

pistol1828

eccentric1832

case1833

originalist1835

cure1856

crotchet-monger1874

curiosity1874

crank1881

crackpot1883

faddist1883

schwärmer1884

hard case1892

finger1899

mad hatter1905

nut1908

numéro1924

screwball1933

wack1938

fruitcake1942

odd bod1942

oddball1943

ghoster1953

raver1959

kook1960

flake1968

woo-woo1972

zonky1972

wacko1977

headbanger1981

1972 J. C. Goulden Meany xv. 358 Meany spoke bitingly of the union ‘woo-woos’ who attended an anti-Johnson rally in Chicago in November.

1983 New Age Jrnl. July 32/2 You know, there's real New Age stuff, that has substance, and then there's woo-woo. A friend of mine once said, ‘George, you really love these woo-woos, don't you?’

2006 S. Goodwin Dream Golf vi. 73 He sometimes comes across as a hard-nosed realist, at other times as a New Age dreamer and a bit of a woo-woo.

2. Beliefs or practices regarded as unscientific, irrational, or outlandish, esp. ones relating to spirituality, mysticism, or alternative therapies.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [noun] > false or pretended science

pseudoscience1796

dogology1820

pseudology1907

alternative science1981

woo-woo1983

1983 New Age Jrnl. July 32/2 You know, there's real New Age stuff, that has substance, and then there's woo-woo.

1987 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 30 Nov. (Lifestyle section) c1 [Runes] are not, he insists, to be confused with ‘California woo-woo’—the regional mysticism Midwestern fundamentalists might regard as an affront to their sensibilities.

2019 @WLarryGeller 27 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 12 Dec. 2019) If you're rolling your eyes thinking Hair Yoga sounds like ‘woo-woo’—I get it. Folks once felt that way about meditation, now they wouldn't miss a day.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	woo-woo
释义	woo-wooadj.n. Brit. /ˈwuːwuː/, U.S. /ˈwuˌwu/ Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English woo woo. Etymology: Probably < woo woo, interjection, as a conventional representation of an eerie or ghostly sound (see whoo int. and compare whoo int. 4). Compare woo-hoo n. and int. colloquial (depreciative). Originally U.S. A. adj. 1. Designating a person or group holding beliefs or following practices regarded as unscientific, irrational, or outlandish, esp. ones relating to spirituality, mysticism, or alternative therapies. Also (and in earliest use) more generally: mad, crazy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > affected with woodc725 woodsekc890 giddyc1000 out of (by, from, of) wit or one's witc1000 witlessc1000 brainsickOE amadc1225 lunaticc1290 madc1330 sickc1340 brain-wooda1375 out of one's minda1387 frenetica1398 fonda1400 formada1400 unwisea1400 brainc1400 unwholec1400 alienate?a1425 brainless1434 distract of one's wits1470 madfula1475 furious1475 distract1481 fro oneself1483 beside oneself1490 beside one's patience1490 dementa1500 red-wood?1507 extraught1509 misminded1509 peevish1523 bedlam-ripe1525 straughta1529 fanatic1533 bedlama1535 daft1540 unsounda1547 stark raving (also staring) mad1548 distraughted1572 insane1575 acrazeda1577 past oneself1576 frenzy1577 poll-mad1577 out of one's senses1580 maddeda1586 frenetical1588 distempered1593 distraught1597 crazed1599 diswitted1599 idle-headed1599 lymphatical1603 extract1608 madling1608 distracteda1616 informala1616 far gone1616 crazy1617 March mada1625 non compos mentis1628 brain-crazed1632 demented1632 crack-brained1634 arreptitiousa1641 dementate1640 dementated1650 brain-crackeda1652 insaniated1652 exsensed1654 bedlam-witteda1657 lymphatic1656 mad-like1679 dementative1685 non compos1699 beside one's gravity1716 hyte1720 lymphated1727 out of one's head1733 maddened1735 swivel-eyed1758 wrong1765 brainsickly1770 fatuous1773 derangedc1790 alienated1793 shake-brained1793 crack-headed1796 flighty1802 wowf1802 doitrified1808 phrenesiac1814 bedlamite1815 mad-braineda1822 fey1823 bedlamitish1824 skire1825 beside one's wits1827 as mad as a hatter1829 crazied1842 off one's head1842 bemadded1850 loco1852 off one's nut1858 off his chump1864 unsane1867 meshuga1868 non-sane1868 loony1872 bee-headed1879 off one's onion1881 off one's base1882 (to go) off one's dot1883 locoed1885 screwy1887 off one's rocker1890 balmy or barmy on (or in) the crumpet1891 meshuggener1892 nutty1892 buggy1893 bughouse1894 off one's pannikin1894 ratty1895 off one's trolley1896 batchy1898 twisted1900 batsc1901 batty1903 dippy1903 bugs1904 dingy1904 up the (also a) pole1904 nut1906 nuts1908 nutty as a fruitcake1911 bugged1920 potty1920 cuckoo1923 nutsy1923 puggled1923 blah1924 détraqué1925 doolally1925 off one's rocket1925 puggle1925 mental1927 phooey1927 crackers1928 squirrelly1928 over the edge1929 round the bend1929 lakes1934 ding-a-ling1935 wacky1935 screwball1936 dingbats1937 Asiatic1938 parlatic1941 troppo1941 up the creek1941 screwed-up1943 bonkers1945 psychological1952 out to lunch1955 starkers1956 off (one's) squiff1960 round the twist1960 yampy1963 out of (also off) one's bird1966 out of one's skull1967 whacked out1969 batshit1971 woo-woo1971 nutso1973 out of (one's) gourd1977 wacko1977 off one's meds1986 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad > eccentric or cranky fantastical1531 odd1577 eccentric1685 fanaticized1827 cranky1850 bee-bonneted1856 cornery1887 screwy1887 kinky1889 crankish1892 ratty1895 batchy1898 batsc1901 batty1903 potty1920 offbeat1922 off-centre1930 wacky1935 screwball1936 up the creek1941 oddball1945 wackadoo1958 kooky1959 wiggy1963 flaky1964 nutball1968 woo-woo1971 wacko1977 off-kilter1985 wackadoodle1993 fantastic- 1971 P. J. Farmer in Fantasy & Sci. Fiction Nov. 48/1 She's nuts, out of her skull, real woo-woo, you know. 1990 R. Scarce Eco-warriors v. 91 There is also a ‘woo-woo’ faction of highly spiritual devotees of Earth First! who prefer meditation to action. 2018 @Quegli 30 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 12 Dec. 2019) I even believe in the existence of past lives and that each and every one of us is watched over by guides from the other side, which, to some, would make me totally woo-woo squared. 2. Designating beliefs or practices regarded as unscientific, irrational, or outlandish, esp. ones relating to spirituality, mysticism, or alternative therapies. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [adjective] > false pseudoscientific1836 woo-woo1986 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > bizarre remote1533 antic1579 outlandish1588 bizarrea1648 outré1722 freakish1805 weird1820 freaky1824 weirdish1863 ostrobogulous1951 ostrobogulatory1952 far-out1954 weirdo1962 flaky1972 zonky1972 gonzo1974 mondo bizarro1976 mondo1979 woo-woo1986 freakazoid1990 1986 San Diego Evening Tribune 16 July c6/1 Averse to what she calls ‘woo-woo medicine’.., Schwartz puts her faith in modern medical practices. 2014 Australian (Nexis) 12 July 4 The biodynamic system of organic farming..involves some pretty woo-woo stuff: spraying homeopathic doses of powered quartz crystals over the farm to harness the energy of the cosmos, that kind of thing. B. n. 1. A person who holds beliefs or follows practices regarded as unscientific, irrational, or outlandish, esp. ones relating to spirituality, mysticism, or alternative therapies.In quot. 1972 with reference to labour union members protesting the Vietnam War (1955–75), a cause often associated with countercultural movements. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity > person fantastical1589 fantastic1598 earwig brain1599 extravagant1627 fanatic1644 energumen1660 original1675 toy-pate1702 gig1777 quiz1780 quoz?1780 rum touch1800 crotcheteer1815 pistol1828 eccentric1832 case1833 originalist1835 cure1856 crotchet-monger1874 curiosity1874 crank1881 crackpot1883 faddist1883 schwärmer1884 hard case1892 finger1899 mad hatter1905 nut1908 numéro1924 screwball1933 wack1938 fruitcake1942 odd bod1942 oddball1943 ghoster1953 raver1959 kook1960 flake1968 woo-woo1972 zonky1972 wacko1977 headbanger1981 1972 J. C. Goulden Meany xv. 358 Meany spoke bitingly of the union ‘woo-woos’ who attended an anti-Johnson rally in Chicago in November. 1983 New Age Jrnl. July 32/2 You know, there's real New Age stuff, that has substance, and then there's woo-woo. A friend of mine once said, ‘George, you really love these woo-woos, don't you?’ 2006 S. Goodwin Dream Golf vi. 73 He sometimes comes across as a hard-nosed realist, at other times as a New Age dreamer and a bit of a woo-woo. 2. Beliefs or practices regarded as unscientific, irrational, or outlandish, esp. ones relating to spirituality, mysticism, or alternative therapies. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [noun] > false or pretended science pseudoscience1796 dogology1820 pseudology1907 alternative science1981 woo-woo1983 1983 New Age Jrnl. July 32/2 You know, there's real New Age stuff, that has substance, and then there's woo-woo. 1987 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 30 Nov. (Lifestyle section) c1 [Runes] are not, he insists, to be confused with ‘California woo-woo’—the regional mysticism Midwestern fundamentalists might regard as an affront to their sensibilities. 2019 @WLarryGeller 27 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 12 Dec. 2019) If you're rolling your eyes thinking Hair Yoga sounds like ‘woo-woo’—I get it. Folks once felt that way about meditation, now they wouldn't miss a day. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1971
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