hoo boy

alternative hoo-boy · alternative hoo, boy

1. Used to express strong emotion, especially relief or mock dread.

   “Hoo boy,” Duff says under his breath. “Jase got burned deep on that pass.”

   2015, Huntley Fitzpatrick, The Boy Most Likely To, →ISBN, page 274

   2 more examples

   It sounds a lot like a ... well, like a fart, but—hoo boy—I would not like to be standing behind whoever it was that let it out.

   2009, Richard Scrimger, The Boy from Earth, →ISBN, page 146

   Mallory exhaled noisily. “Hoo boy, I was hoping to leave that one alone for a while. Like, years and years."

   2015, Chris Loblaw, The Patchwork Boy, →ISBN, page 138

   Synonyms: hoo doggy, whew