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イヤッホー
1. [int]
▶ whoopie
▶ yee-haw
▶ [expl] noise made when celebrating



History:
3. A 2012-09-15 23:09:52  Paul Upchurch <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2012-09-15 02:23:02  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/make+whoopie
  Comments:
"yahoo" gives me a problem, because it sounds like a noun meaning a degraded person (as in Swift.)
  Diff:
@@ -10,1 +10,2 @@
-<gloss>yahoo</gloss>
+<gloss>yee-haw</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">noise made when celebrating</gloss>
1. A* 2012-09-15 00:59:56  Marcus
  Refs:
プログレッシブ和英中辞典
says it's onomatopoeia (even though it's an interjection)
145k
同人用語の基礎知識
http://www.paradisearmy.com/doujin/pasok_iyh.htm
(the longer form, "イヤッッホォォォオオォオウ" actually gets 577,000 
results, afg)

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