noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A white (Caucasian) person. US, derogatory, ethnic, slur

   "I been around Paree with one a them once, a dandy hoojah."

2. 2
   Alternative form of oojah (“thing whose name is unknown”). alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

All synonyms

caucasiancolonizercrackerhonkyice monkeyivory

Example

More examples

"I been around Paree with one a them once, a dandy hoojah."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unknown. Compare Hoosier and hoogie.

Etymology 2

Unknown; see oojah.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.