woo woo

Meanings

Noun

• A person readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations.
• Those beliefs.
• An alcoholic cocktail consisting of peach schnapps, vodka and cranberry juice.
• the sound of a siren.

Adjective

• Supernatural, pseudoscientific.
• Readily accepting supernatural, paranormal, occult, or pseudoscientific phenomena, or emotion-based beliefs and explanations.

Origin

• Unknown. It has been suggested that "woo woo" is intended to imitate the eerie background music of sci-fi/horror films and television shows.
• Unknown.
• Imitative of a siren.