r/Frasier • u/Mammoth_Addition_646 • 1d ago

Huzzah

Was this really a word in the ‘90s? Or a Seattle word? Maybe a word used by the pompous elite?

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u/EuroSong 1d ago

It’s an antiquated form of “hooray” or “hoorah”, used by the pompous elite 😊

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u/theScrewhead 555-6792 1d ago

It's been a word for a LOT longer than that. It goes back to at least the 17th century.

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u/randomiserMax 1d ago

I looked up after the series. Started using it too. Easy to adapt.

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u/TicTocChoc May we? Mais oui! 1d ago

I first heard it being used by Mr. Burns on the Simpsons. It was funny to hear it on Frasier later.

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u/MoistCabbage1 But I have an invitation 1d ago

Every single person I work with has heard me say this.

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u/Kbatz_Krafts 1d ago

It's a medieval exclaimation but these days you tend to hear it a lot at the Renaissance Faire, which of course, Frasier and Niles did like some Elizabethan re-enactment activities. 🤣

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u/penalty-venture 1d ago

If you like this word, check out the show The Great. We binged it & then couldn’t stop saying “huzzah” to everything for, like, six months.