Timeline for Does this whooping whistling cheering noise have a name?
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| Feb 11, 2014 at 22:25 | answer | added | Erika Wassall | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 8, 2014 at 3:21 | answer | added | B. Szonye | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 7, 2014 at 23:30 | answer | added | user65112 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 7, 2014 at 19:37 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/431874492047294464 | ||
| Jan 26, 2014 at 19:23 | comment | added | rmirabelle | It predates rave, young one. The "ooah, ooah" is from the 70's and was never given a name that I'm aware of - though it has evolved to "woot woot". It's a mimic of the standard whistle that appeared on lots of disco tunes. | |
| Jan 23, 2014 at 17:07 | comment | added | T Nguyen | If you're referring to "uah, uah" chanting, I don't think there's any specific name for it, it's just a common chant made by partygoers at clubs or raves. It goes back decades and I believe it has its roots in the rave movement but in any case I can remember it back all the way to the late 80's. | |
| Jan 14, 2014 at 18:20 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | oic. I think that would be an exceptionally specific kind of "call and response" Audience Participation Song. Surely the audience would only make that particular noise when they recognise that particular song? But perhaps there are lots of "woot woot" disco songs | |
| Jan 14, 2014 at 17:55 | comment | added | Max |
@FumbleFingers Like wolf whistle conveys a specific whistle, I'm wondering if there's a word/phrase/slang that conveys the specific "woop woop" noise the audience in the linked video are making.
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| Jan 14, 2014 at 17:29 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Alec: I don't get you. The roar of the crowd is often used as a generic term covering many different noises (not just roaring), but wolf -whistling, for example, is a specific type of whistling. And whistling is a specific type of noise the audience might make. Are you asking for a single word covering all different types of vocal audience participation? | |
| Jan 14, 2014 at 17:16 | comment | added | Max |
@FumbleFingers Yes. I'm looking for a word or phrase to describe this exact noise. I feel it's common enough for the possibility of there being a word, phrase, or some slang to describe it specifically. Something akin to wolf whistle.
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| Jan 14, 2014 at 17:06 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Whooping? Whistling? Cheering? They're all used as simple nouns to describe such noises. | |
| Jan 14, 2014 at 16:54 | history | asked | Max | CC BY-SA 3.0 |