Woo
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Woo may refer to:
Woo may be the romanization of any of several Asian names:
Woo may also refer to:
- Woo, an expression iconically screamed by Rock 'N' Roll Legend Little RichardLittle RichardRichard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat and...
from 1955-present - Woo, a term used by scientific skeptics for pseudosciencePseudosciencePseudoscience is a claim, belief, or practice which is presented as scientific, but which does not adhere to a valid scientific method, lacks supporting evidence or plausibility, cannot be reliably tested, or otherwise lacks scientific status...
, alternative medicineAlternative medicineAlternative medicine is any healing practice, "that does not fall within the realm of conventional medicine." It is based on historical or cultural traditions, rather than on scientific evidence....
and New AgeNew AgeThe New Age movement is a Western spiritual movement that developed in the second half of the 20th century. Its central precepts have been described as "drawing on both Eastern and Western spiritual and metaphysical traditions and then infusing them with influences from self-help and motivational...
beliefs, or a person who holds such beliefs. - AT&T High Seas Service, callsign WOO
- Bio Planet WoOBio Planet Woois a "kyodai" themed tokusatsu that premiered April 9, 2006 and aired at 7:30pm on NHK and ran for 13 episodes. WoO was one of many unused ideas created by the late-Eiji Tsuburaya as story connecting to the show, Ultra Q...
, a Japanese television show - Woo (film)Woo (film)Woo is a 1998 romantic comedy film, directed by Daisy V.S. Mayer, and starring Jada Pinkett Smith in the title role. Tommy Davidson co-stars.-Plot:...
, a 1998 romantic comedy - WoOWoOWoO is an acronym/abbreviation, derived from the German musical catalog phrase . WoO is a catalogue prepared in 1955 by Hans Halm and Georg Kinsky, listing all of the compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven that were not originally published with an opus number, or survived only as fragments.The...
, a catalogue of Beethoven's music - Woo, a character in the King of the MonstersKing of the MonstersKing of the Monsters is a series of video games created by SNK Corporation for the Neo-Geo, featuring giant monsters reminiscent of kaiju and tokusatsu.-King of the Monsters:...
series of video games - Woo (Ultra monster), a fictional monster in the Ultraman television series
- Woo Woo, a popular alcoholic beverage
- Ronnie Woo WooRonnie Woo WooRonnie "Woo Woo" Wickers is a longtime Chicago Cubs fan and local celebrity in the Chicago area. He is known to Wrigley Field visitors for his idiosyncratic cheers at baseball games, generally punctuated with an exclamatory "Woo!" Longtime Cubs announcer Harry Caray dubbed Wickers "Leather...
, a fan at Chicago Cubs baseball games - Wooing, in courtshipCourtshipCourtship is the period in a couple's relationship which precedes their engagement and marriage, or establishment of an agreed relationship of a more enduring kind. In courtship, a couple get to know each other and decide if there will be an engagement or other such agreement...
, to seek the affection of somebody - Wooooo!, onomatopoeia of excitement, a cheer
- Wooo the 1980s hairstyle
Woo may be the romanization of any of several Asian names:
- Hu (surname)Hu (surname)Hu 胡 is a Chinese surname or family name. In 2006, it was the 15th most common surname in China.Some other less-common surnames pronounced Hu include 瓠, 護, 戶, 扈, 虎, 呼, 忽, and 斛.-Words:...
(胡,瓠,護,戶,扈,虎,呼,忽,斛) - NgNgNg is a Cantonese and Hakka transliteration of the Chinese surnames 吳/吴 and 伍 , and Hokkien and Teochew transliteration of the Chinese surname 黃 . It is pronounced , and 伍 means "five." It is sometimes romanized as Ang, Eng, Ing and Ong in the United States and Ung in Australia...
(吳,伍) - Wu (surname)Wu (surname)Wu is the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese surname 吳 , 吴 , which is the tenth most common surname in Mainland China. Several other, less common Chinese surnames with different pronunciations are also transliterated into English as "Wu": 武, 伍, 仵, 烏, 鄔 and 巫...
(吳,伍,武,仵,烏,鄔,巫)
Woo may also refer to:
- College of Wooster
- World of OutlawsWorld of OutlawsThe World of Outlaws is an American motorsports sanctioning body. The body sanctions two major national touring series. It is best known for sanctioning a national tour of sprint cars. It later purchased a national tour of late model stockcars called the World of Outlaws Late Model Series...
, a car racing organization - An autobiography by Ric FlairRic FlairRichard Morgan Fliehr is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ric Flair. Also known as "The Nature Boy", Flair is one of the most well-known professional wrestlers in the world....
- The Wizard of Oz (disambiguation)