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• woo woo
  woo woo

  noun

  any force, phenomenon, process, etc., that has no clear scientific explanation and is regarded by some as mystical or spiritual and by others as illusory or fraudulent.
• woo-woo
  woo-woo

  adjective

  based on or involving irrational superstition

woo woo

American  

[woo-woo] / ˈwuˈwu /

Or woo-woo

noun

1. any force, phenomenon, process, etc., that has no clear scientific explanation and is regarded by some as mystical or spiritual and by others as illusory or fraudulent.

   I’m hesitating about this alternative therapy, because so far it’s just woo woo and not really provable.

   Higher-frequency thoughts like gratitude or love raise your frequency and lift you up—if that’s not too much woo-woo for you.

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adjective

1. relating to a force, phenomenon, process, etc., that has no clear scientific explanation and is regarded by some as mystical or spiritual and by others as illusory or fraudulent.

   I know it sounds very woo woo, but as I wrote the song I felt the presence and inspiration of my late grandfather so powerfully it gave me the shivers.

   I did my best to refute the worst woo-woo pseudoscience in the blog, but it was difficult.

woo-woo British  

/ ˈwuːˌwuː /

adjective

1. derogatory based on or involving irrational superstition

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Etymology

Origin of woo woo

First recorded in 1970–75; of imitative origin