In British English slang, Hooray Henry or Hoorah Henry is a pejorative term, comparable to "toff", for an upper-middle class or upper class man who exudes...
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male Sloane has also been referred to as a "Rah" and by the older term "Hooray Henry". Although Sloanes are nowadays supposedly more widely spread and amorphous...
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advertising campaign, which featured a humorous classic upper-class "Hooray Henry" character called Harry Fitzgibbon-Sims (portrayed by Alexander Armstrong)...
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Godwin, Richard. The Hooray Henrys bringing chaos to the King's Road, 27 April 2011. Accessed 22 April 2012 Deedes, Henry. "Hooray Henry! Loving the limelight"[dead...
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Hip hip hooray (also hippity hip hooray; hooray may also be spelled and pronounced hoorah, hurrah, hurray etc.) is a cheer called out to express congratulation...
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always devoid of contractions. He is credited with coining the phrase "Hooray Henry", a term now used in British English to describe the upper-class version...
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West England), Ned (Scotland) or Spide (Northern Ireland) Essex man Hooray Henry Plebs Rah Sloane Ranger Toff White van man Harriet Harman: Social class...
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horns and organised unusual spectacles to entertain guests, such as a "Hooray Henry Olympics", as Charles Spencer calls it, with a donkey race for Lord Fordwick...
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the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2014. "Home James!: Hooray Henry". bfi.org. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 27 May...
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