English

Proper noun

Shoop

1. A surname of German origin

References

• 479 Google Books References
• Shoop Family Crest

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• posho

English

Interjection

shoop

1. (music) Used as a scat word in song lyrics.
   • 1963, Rudy Clark, The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)

     If you want to know / (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop) / If he loves you so / (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop) / It's in his kiss.

   • 1993, Salt-N-Pepa, Shoop

     I like what ya do when you do what ya do / You make me wanna shoop / Shoop shoop ba-doop / Shoop ba-doop.

   • 1995, Whitney Houston, Exhale (Shoop Shoop)

     But there comes a point when / When we exhale (yeah, yeah, say) / Shoop, shoop, shoop / Shoo be doop shoop shoop (yeah).

Etymology 2

Conscious back-formation from sheep on the pattern of Germanic strong declension nouns such as goose → geese, tooth → teeth, foot → feet, and the similarly jocularly-formed moose → meese.

Noun

shoop ‎(plural sheep)

1. (chiefly humorous) A sheep; specifically singular form of sheep.
   • 2001: “A Magee”, alt.fan.british-accent (Google group): Better Living Through Spam, the 13^th day of January at 9:54am

     > http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0091807549/o/qid=979300168/sr=8-1/026-8769325-3040456
     I thought you were a goat not a shoop.

   • 2001: “Rick Lalonde”, alt.security.alarms (Google group): Baaah Humbug, the 28^th day of March at 7:29pm

     The process is quite simple: with the sheep firmly planted in the boots, the shepherd — let’s call him Rumplestiltskin for arguement’s sake — sneaks up behind the sheep (or the singular shoop) and inserts his feet in the boots behind the shoop.

   • 2002: “R H Draney”, alt.usage.english (Google group): Agendae, the 15^th day of January at 7:37am

     > Now, look here. If you’re going to introduce multiple sheep into this thread, the least you could do is call them sheepae.
     > (Pronounced “sheep-eye”?)
     “Sheep” *is* plural… the singular is “shoop” (analogy “feet/foot”, “teeth/tooth”)…

   • 2002: “Jared of Europa”, rec.games.computer.ultima.online (Google group): Tailors ahoy!, the 6^th day of November at 6:50pm

     >>> Is there any tailor here who still collects own cloth by sheerinh sheeps or such?
     That’s clearly wrong… like geese is the plural of goose, sheep must be the plural of shoop. No?

   • 2009: “TimC”, alt.sysadmin.recovery (Google group): inept customer service, the 21^st day of August at 12:33pm

     If the plural of moose is meese the singular of sheep must be shoop.

Etymology 3

Alteration of shop.

Noun

shoop ‎(plural shoops)

1. (Internet slang) An image that has been modified using Adobe Photoshop or similar image-manipulation software to produce a misleading impression; an instance of petty, amateur fauxtography.

Interjection

shoop!

1. (Internet slang) Exclaimed or posted to make the accusation that the image in question has been manipulated to produce a misleading and false impression.

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• hoops
• posho