That's where I know it from. I always thought it was meant to conjure up someone waving their hands and going "w-o-o-o-o-o", like a fake ghost in Scooby-Doo
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Seemed more common a decade ago. Haven't seen it used so much lately.
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The vernacular usage I’ve heard most often is “woo-woo.” Double the derision!
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We use the term in my profession when referring to any unfounded nutrition claims.
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That's funny, I've heard it most from Richard Saunders
@SkepticZone so assumed it was more popular in Australia
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Woo of course is a verb meaning to court going back to the 13th Century according to the OED. Woo Hoo is an old colloquial exclamation of delight but I've never heard it used here in the Randian sense.
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