Okay, what the is a Hoo?

[GoHoosGo]

My head just exploded

So did mine. Disgraceful.

 

[cto]

It's the noise CTO's avatar makes when I'm really intoxicated. Kinda creeps me out to be honest.

How did my sweet snowy owl get dragged into a discussion about whores and carps?

 

[Cowtown]

You are an SU and UVA grad and you have Tarheel in your name?

Try to imagine the turmoil within. Dude's tri-polar.

 

[OrangeTarheel]

I think anyone residing in NC is technically a Tarheel, unlike in Virginia where you have to be born into that ELITE membership.

 

[Moontan]

How did my sweet snowy owl get dragged into a discussion about whores and carps?

Apparently, your owl may be rooting for UVA... perhaps only during the night.

 

[Conrad13]

Carp is disgusting, wahoo is actually a very prized game fish, and pretty tasty to eat I might add in a burger or ceviche

The Virginia slang word, wahoo is not the wahoo you're thinking of. These are the same people who pronounce the town Buena Vista, "Bee-ewwna Vista."

 

[Conrad13]

It is a nickname for a fish (probably carp) given to UVA by Washington and Lee students as a derogatory name and somehow the name stuck and UVA still uses it. (I'm an alum of UVA and W&L).

By the way Washington and Lee fight song still includes the words, "and we will roll those Wahoos on the sod, yes by God!"

 

[Cowtown]

... people who pronounce the town Buena Vista, "Bee-ewwna Vista."

I'm not surprised. One of my brothers lives near Roanoke. There are people there who are literally impossible to understand when they speak. At least it appears that's what they're trying to do.

 

[Col. Bleep]

I'm not surprised. One of my brothers lives near Roanoke. There are people there who are literally impossible to understand when they speak. At least it appears that's what they're trying to do.

Yes, I believe they are descendants of a group from the northeast called the Vitales.