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yay-boo

adj

Definitions

  1. Involving both celebration and disapproval.

    • […] a context in which actual thought (as opposed to a Superbowl passions, a yay - boo mind-set ) could occur.
    • This is a yay-boo story. Concern about child weight issues has focused energy and interest on the school nutrition program. Yay! This concern often translates into retrained feeding. Boo!
    • it was the decade of Viagra but also the decade of Lorena Bobbit, so it was a yay-boo period for penises.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA