yaroohint.
/jaˈruː/ A humorous stylized representation of a cry of pain. (One of Billy Bunter's characteristic exclamations: see quots.)
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1909 Magnet 20 Nov. 4/2 ‘Oh!’ roared Bunter, as Bulstrode's heavy boot biffed on him. ‘Ow! Yah! Yarooh!’
1918 Magnet 8 June 12/2 ‘Don't keep me waiting, or I shall help you on—like that!’ ‘Yarooh!’
1940 ‘G. Orwell’ in Horizon Mar. 178 ‘Oooogh!’, ‘Grooo!’ and ‘Yaroo!’ (stylized cries of pain).
1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 23 July 11/2 With a ‘Yarooh!’ on nearly every page William G. Bunter is on the war-path again.
1972 Guardian 21 Jan. 1/5 ‘Yarooh!’ they yelled... ‘Get out, you cad!’
1977 M. Amis in A. Thwaite My Oxford 205 A sign reading ‘Yaroo—College Squit!’ suspended from my neck.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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