WOO is an exclamation of enthusiasm, approval, or celebration. It is typically produced loudly and is associated with sports events, concerts, and positive news.

Could WOO be a one-word book?

The Archive considers all strong reaction words as candidates for the series. WOO — with its compact emotional charge — is precisely the kind of word the Archive was built to explore.

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WOO

WOO is an exclamation of excitement, approval, or enthusiastic celebration

What WOO does

WOO is the sound of enjoyment becoming audible. The WOO at a concert, the WOO at good news, the WOO at 9am on a Friday: it is enthusiasm that has overflowed containment.

WOO as literary candidate

WOO's phonetic simplicity — one syllable, entirely vowel at its heart — makes it an ideal vessel for celebration. It is easy to produce loudly. This may explain its persistence.

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What WOO does

WOO as literary candidate

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