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English
Etymology 1
Unknown. Compare Hoosier and hoogie.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
hoojah (plural hoojahs)
- (US, derogatory, ethnic slur) A white (Caucasian) person.
1929, Claude McKay, Banjo, published 1957, →ISBN, page 222:I been around Paree with one a them once, a dandy hoojah.
2006, Charlotte Bingham, In Distant Fields, page 103:'You are really a hoojah, really you are, Pug,' Livia murmed affectionately.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Unknown; see oojah.
Noun
hoojah (plural hoojahs)
- Alternative form of oojah (“thing whose name is unknown”)
References
- ^ Jonathon Green (1998) “hoogie”, in Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, Finland: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 734: “hoogie n. (also hoogy) [1970s+] (US Black) a derog. term for a White person, esp. a racist. [? ʜᴏᴏᴊᴀʜ n./ʜᴏᴏsɪᴇʀ n. (6)]”
- ^ Jonathon Green (1998) “hoojah”, in Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, Finland: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 734: “hoojah n. (also hoojer) [1920s+] (US Black) a derog. term for a White person.”
- ^ Johnathan Green (2010) “hoojah”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang, volume 2, London: Chambers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 845: “hoojah n. (also hoojer, houjah) 1 (US Black) a derog. term for a white person”