hoopla
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hoop·la
(hūp'lä', hʊp'-) 
n. Informal
n. Informal
- Boisterous, jovial commotion or excitement.
- Extravagant publicity: The new sedan was introduced to the public with much hoopla.
- Talk intended to mislead or confuse.
[Perhaps from French houp-là, upsy-daisy! : houp (of imitative origin) + là, there; see voilà.]
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Neil Simon has kept Broadway bright for the last 40-plus years, and is one of the most prolific and successful playwrights around, but he's still not comfortable with all the hoopla (commotion) and fanfare his success has brought. And now there's more: Simon won this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
"Simon expressed uneasiness with the hoopla. 'Getting the award is great, but I'm not the kind of person who looks forward to these things. I'm that quiet guy in the back just writing — that sounds a little too poetic,' he told reporters. "
Link: Neil Simon honored with humor award — Yahoo! News
Posted October 16, 2006.
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HOOPLA!
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HOOPLA! — 'Hooray for Object Oriented Programming Languages!' — was a periodical published by OOPSTAD.[1] It was one of the first publications entirely devoted to Object-Oriented Programming techniques and the Smalltalk programming language.
The first issue of HOOPLA! was available at OOPSLA-87; 1000 copies were printed.
References
- ^ "Electronic design - Google Books". Books.google.com. 1968-01-01. http://books.google.com/books?id=g_EEAQAAIAAJ&q=%22HOOPLA!%22+OOPSTAD+-wikipedia&dq=%22HOOPLA!%22+OOPSTAD+-wikipedia&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LLcgT-W6BMe60QHI08DMCA&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
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Hoopla
Dansk (Danish)
n. - ringspil, ståhej
Nederlands (Dutch)
ringwerpspel, kouwe drukte, soesa, gezwam, gejuich
Français (French)
n. - (GB) jeu d'anneaux, (US) battage, (US) pagaille, remue-ménage, brouhaha
Deutsch (German)
n. - Ringwerfen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (Βρετ.) σκόπευση με κρίκους, (καθομ.) πατιρντί, χαμός
Italiano (Italian)
lancio degli anelli, pubblicità chiassosa, trambusto
Português (Portuguese)
n. - alarde (m), publicidade (f) bombástica
Русский (Russian)
"кольца" (игра), шумиха
Español (Spanish)
n. - alboroto, fanfarria, juego de aros
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ringkastning, ståhej, bluff, tumult
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
喧闹, 投环套物游戏
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 喧鬧, 投環套物遊戲
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 고리 던지기 놀이, 요란한 선전
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 輪投げ遊び, 大騒ぎ, 騒音
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) ضجه اعلاميه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - זריקת טבעות למטרה, קריאות התלהבות, מהומה (מדוברת), דיבורים מתעים
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