A fork of Rural Dictionary
affirmation, gloating exclamation, reference movie "Scent of a Woman", army origin. fo' shizzle.
Col Slade: "Charlie, m'boy, i think i've wet my pants...hoo-ah!"
Charlie: "oh Col., not again..."
Col Slade: "HOOah!"
Defined appropriately in previous posts. The proper spelling is HUA not Hooah which is another acronym for Head Up Ass. The nicer definitions are used when explaining what you mean to someone senior in rank to you.
I heard the story of its origin from a retired Vietnam era Special Forces guy in 1990 who heard it from a Korean War guy in the 1960's. Similar story about being ordered to take an objective (hill top in Korea) during the din of battle and the response was a mis-heard "who us?".
1SG (First Sergeant, the senior non-commissioned officer in a company) - "There has been a change to the training schedule"
PSG (Platoon Sergeant) - "HUA!!"(you could add SNAFU to that)
The word hooah means him, he, or it's him in the only language it actually makes sense...Arabic
It can be very funny when the actualy meaning is understood while it is being applied to any of the above novel situations.
Who is the suspect?
Point your finger and say, hooah!
Army wives who don't cheat or lie or steal their husbands money while they are deployed. They are also the coolest, sweetest, strongest group of women you'll ever meet. And if you mess with their soldier they'll kick your ass!
"Damn those girls are such hooah wives"
girl #1 "Well while my soldier is away i can play"
girl #2 "You're so not a hooah wife."