Word of the Day: Hooah

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"Hooah" is ubiquitous in the life of a U.S. Military soldier. In informal situations, a soldier can reply with "hooah" in place of "Yes, (military rank)" such as "Yes, Sergeant." This can be useful when the rank of the superior officer is unknown, similar to using simply "Yes, Sir/Ma'am" without the honorific. "Hooah" can also be used as a question, usually as a tag question, as in "We're going to win this war, hooah?" The most appropriate response to the question, "Hooah?" is the exclamation, "Hooah!"

(Other services use other versions of the word such as, Marines use "OohRah" in the same way and the Air Force uses HUA and Hu-Ahh.)

Other popular usages of hooah include:

Heard, Understood, and Acknowledged
What to say when at a loss for words
Good copy
Roger, solid copy, good, great, message received, understood, acknowledged
Glad to meet you, welcome
All right!
Thank you
Go to the next slide
You've taken the correct action
Amen!
A substitute for "that's cool". "That's hooah".
To describe a hardcore soldier. "He's hooah".
Uttered out loud at random and being continued by others. Like a pack of wolves howling, in order to boost morale.
To describe Army Rangers. "The hooah-hooahs".
Anything and everything except "no"

HOOAH!