Hoopla
[hoop-lah] /ˈhup lɑ/
noun, Informal.
1.
bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
2.
sensational publicity; ballyhoo.
3.
speech or writing intended to mislead or to obscure an issue.
/ˈhuːplɑː/
noun
1.
(Brit) a fairground game in which a player tries to throw a hoop over an object and so win it
2.
(US & Canadian, slang) noise; bustle
3.
(US, slang) nonsense; ballyhoo
1877, hoop la, American English, earlier houp-la, exclamation accompanying quick movement (1870), of unknown origin, perhaps borrowed from French houp-là “upsy-daisy,” also a cry to dogs, horses, etc.
noun
[1877+; perhaps fr hoop-la!, the stagecoach driver’s exhortation to his horses]
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