Muah, Just a note

[chiefbosn 0]

Hi everyone,

This is completely off topic but i wanted to just bring something to the communities attention. I noticed that the terms "Muah" "oohah" and quit a few other ways of using the ole military expression is being used quite abit here lately, and after having close to two decades in naval service i thought i would share a little history.

The expression is "Hoorah" (and i'm sure the spelling is wrong! and it really started with the Marine Corps. It's actually an acronym for "Heard, Understood and Acknowledged" that as time went on got shortened to the now infamous "Hoorah" which really can't be done justice in print.

Not a rant or anything, , just a note of history.

cb

[W0lle 1049]

When it's totally off-topic why you don't post it in the off-topic forum then?

Moving.

[TheElite 0]

welcome to the forums

thanks for the info, i often wondered what the "hua" shout was an abreviation of . btw OT is an abreviation of offtopic

[william1 0]

i thought that of "muaaaaaahh" was a evil laughing ... Dr.Evil style

[VictorTroska 0]

lol funny topic..history of muah and horah

[=jps=sgtrock 4]

Hooah. Not hoorah. It's a U.S. Army thing, not Marine.

[Daniel 0]

Hooah - US Army slang, with a double meaning of either "Heard, Understood, Acknowledged" (As in "Yes Sir!") or "Head Up Ass" (Often used in a sarcastic sense. Thought to refer to young officers not knowing what they were doing).

Oorah - US Marine slang, possibly derived from the "AARUGHA!" klaxon sound used when diving a submarine.

Muahahahahaha....etc etc - Evil laugh.

[Dallas 9]

chiefbosn thanks actually. Even though I know you kind of used it as roger or copy and could also Hooah as a question:

#1 Hooah?

#2 Hooah!

I never knew the 'Heard, Understood, Acknowledged' exact part. So it was informative to me.

[Shashman 0]

Muah?

I always thought that was the kissing sound effect

[MAA3057 0]

Thanks for the lesson, junior cadet :-\

[-ZG-BUZZARD 0]

Muah?

I always thought that was the kissing sound effect

Yeah, besides: *Schmack*

[Col. Faulkner 0]

In the British Army we just said "Yes, sir", like gentlemen.  

(Although we also had a gaelic regimental motto that

sounded warry as fcuk when screamed in a "confrontational

situation" and was often startlingly effective in encouraging

bonding or extra effort by an injection of regimental pride.

Some companies also affected their own "warcries" as a -

generally short-lived - "fashion" at various times.)