hoojah
English
Alternative forms
- hoojer, hooja, houja[1][2]
Etymology
Unknown. Compare Hoosier and hoogie.[3]
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /huːd͡ʒə/
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
- honky, see also Thesaurus:white person
References
- Jonathon Green (1998), “hoojah”, in Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, Finland: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, published 2005, →ISBN, OCLC 907151321, 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 837903590, page 845: “hoojah n. (also hoojer, houjah) 1 (US Black) a derog. term for a white person”
- Jonathon Green (1998), “hoogie”, in Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, Finland: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, published 2005, →ISBN, OCLC 907151321, page 734: “hoogie n. (also hoogy) [1970s+] (US Black) a derog. term for a White person, esp. a racist. [? ʜᴏᴏᴊᴀʜ n./ʜᴏᴏsɪᴇʀ n. (6)]”