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Hooey vs Hooky - What's the difference?

hooey | hooky |

As nouns the difference between hooey and hooky

is that hooey is (slang) silly talk or writing; nonsense while hooky is absence from school or work.

As an adjective hooky is

full of hooks.

hooey

English

Alternative forms

* hooie

Noun

(-)
  • (slang) Silly talk or writing; nonsense.
    • I heard his speech. It sounded like a whole lot of hooey to me.
  • * 2006 , Ronald H. Hoffman (with Sidney Stevens), How to Talk with Your Doctor: The Guide for Patients and Their Physicians Who Want to Reconcile and Use the Best of Conventional and Alternative Medicine , ReadHowYouWant.com (2008), pages 216–217:
    • For many doctors, meditation resides in the realm of New Age hooey —okay for Indian yogis and students of Eastern religion, but not suitable for scientific study.
  • * 2010 , Kate Sheppard, " Outgoing GOPer Slams Climate Denying Colleagues", Mother Jones , 18 November 2010:
    • Unburdened by the prospect of another campaign, Inglis, in this final hearing, spared no scorn for climate change deniers in his own party and beyond, suggesting that they continue to ignore global warming at their own peril. "I would also suggest to my free enterprise colleagues—especially conservatives here—whether you think it’s all a bunch of hooey , what we've talked about in this committee, the Chinese don’t," the South Carolina Republican said in his opening remarks. "And they plan on eating our lunch in this next century."
  • * 2011 October 13, Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan & Maria Ferrari, "The Russian Rocket Reaction", episode 5-5 of , 00:16:47–00:17:00:
  • *:Sheldon Cooper: I did, but I think I've kind of outgrown Star Trek . You know, stock characters, ludicrous plots, beam me up. What a load of hooey .

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    hooky

    English

    Etymology 1

    Attested in 1848 in New York City. Most likely from Dutch hoekje ("nook, corner; but also 'spot to hide' in hide-and-go-seek"). Formerly, "hoekje spelen" could be used to mean "to play hide-and-go-seek", though the common term for the game nowadays is verstoppertje.

    Noun

  • Absence from school or work.
    • Let’s play hooky and leave school to go to the mall.
    Derived terms
    * play hooky

    Etymology 2

    From

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Full of hooks.
  • Shaped like a hook.