hoojah

English

Etymology 1

Unknown. Compare Hoosier and hoogie.[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /huːd͡ʒə/

Noun

hoojah (plural hoojahs)

  1. (US, derogatory, ethnic slur) A white (Caucasian) person.
    • 1929, Claude McKay, Banjo‎, published 1957, →ISBN, page 222:
      I been around Paree with one a them once, a dandy hoojah.
    • 2006, Charlotte Bingham, In Distant Fields, page 103:
      'You are really a hoojah, really you are, Pug,' Livia murmed affectionately.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Unknown; see oojah.

Noun

hoojah (plural hoojahs)

  1. Alternative form of oojah (“thing whose name is unknown”)

References
  1. Jonathon Green (1998) “hoogie”, in Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, Finland: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 734: “hoogie n. (also hoogy) [1970s+] (US Black) a derog. term for a White person, esp. a racist. [? ʜᴏᴏᴊᴀʜ n./ʜᴏᴏsɪᴇʀ n. (6)]”
  2. Jonathon Green (1998) “hoojah”, in Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, 2nd edition, Finland: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 734: “hoojah n. (also hoojer) [1920s+] (US Black) a derog. term for a White person.”
  3. Johnathan Green (2010) “hoojah”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang, volume 2, London: Chambers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 845: “hoojah n. (also hoojer, houjah) 1 (US Black) a derog. term for a white person”
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