16 March 2016

hoopla

[hoop-lah]

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.

Origin of hoopla

French

1865-1870; < French houp-là! command (as to a child) to move, take a step

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Examples from the Web for hoopla

Contemporary Examples

“No ‘ hoopla ’ as Diane Sawyer takes over ABC World News” was a typical headline.
Diane vs. Katie: Round One
Rebecca Dana
December 20, 2009

After the Obama hoopla, it is still possible that Moustafa will be cleared on appeal.
Dubai’s Pop-Star Murder
Eric Pape
May 21, 2009

With all the hoopla swirling around out here, their attitude was refreshing.
Is Polanski the New O.J.?
Marcia Clark
October 5, 2009

Anagram

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ha pool
halo op

Today’s quote

Non-violence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of the spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

– Martin Luther King Jr

On this day

16 March 1988 – Iraqi forces under the direction of Saddam Hussein, kill thousands of Kurds in Northern Iraq by unleashing a cocktail of gases, including mustard gas, sarin and cyanide.

16 March 1998 – Rwanda commences mass trials relating to the 1994 genocide of approximately 1,000,000 Tutsis and Hutus by Interahamwe militia which had been backed by the Rwandan government.

16 March 2003 – 23 year old, American peace activist, Rachel Corrie, is killed when run over by an Israeli bulldozer which she had tried to stop from demolishing a Palestinian house in Gaza.