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woo-woo

woo-woo adj. concerned with emotions, mysticism, or spiritualism; other than rational or scientific; mysterious; new agey. Also n., a person who has mystical or new age beliefs. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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  • 2005 Peggy Noonan in her book, John Paul the Great p.57 “These stories are captivating in a woo-woo kind of way.”

    I looked the word up on your site as I was not familiar with it.  Thanks.

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