hoo boy

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hoo boy

  1. Used to express strong emotion, especially relief or mock dread.
    Synonyms: hoo doggy, whew
    • 2009, Richard Scrimger, The Boy from Earth, →ISBN, page 146:
      It sounds a lot like a ... well, like a fart, but—hoo boy—I would not like to be standing behind whoever it was that let it out.
    • 2015, Chris Loblaw, The Patchwork Boy, →ISBN, page 138:
      Mallory exhaled noisily. “Hoo boy, I was hoping to leave that one alone for a while. Like, years and years."
    • 2015, Huntley Fitzpatrick, The Boy Most Likely To, →ISBN, page 274:
      Hoo boy,” Duff says under his breath. “Jase got burned deep on that pass.”