woo-woo

adjective

ˈwü-ˌwü 

: dubiously or outlandishly mystical, supernatural, or unscientific

And she has written a book … in which she dismisses what she calls "woo-woo spirituality" in favor of some straight talk on living with loss …

—Linda Richman

Energy beams from the eyes certainly sounds like woo-woo stuff …

—Steve Blow

woo-woo noun

One man's woo-woo, of course, is another's deeply held belief system.

—Julia Moskin

Examples of woo-woo in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While many cities offer Friday-night dances (salsa, country swing, and Lindy hop are among the most popular), some towns host slightly more woo-woo offerings for the solstice. —Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 19 June 2025

Get a little woo-woo Ideally, your home is a place of respite from all of the noise and stress from the outside world. —The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025

Means’ enemies in both MAGA and MAHA circles may think that emphasizing her woo-woo beliefs is the best way to sink her nomination. —Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 15 May 2025

Both Scherzinger and Groff have a penchant for earnest, woo-woo appreciation for the theater, setting them apart from the snarky sibling banter of Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook or the wry gravitas of George Clooney and Patti LuPone. —Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

probably from the interjection woo-woo as a conventional representation of an eerie or ghostly sound

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for woo-woo

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou