hubba hubba

hubba hubba

A playful phrase used to suggest romantic interest in someone or between two people. Ooh, hubba hubba—she's gorgeous! A: "Have you seen those two flirting all night?" B: "I know! Hubba hubba!"
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hubba hubba

An expression of appreciation. The phrase, along with the longer “hubba hubba ding ding” started during World War II, purportedly from a Chinese greeting “how-pu-how” that Air Force pilots learned from Chinese pilots trained at a Florida base. The phrase spread around the services, primarily due to comedian Bob Hope's radio broadcasts; Hope and sidekick Jerry Colonna used it frequently. The phrase was expanded to “Hubba hubba ding ding / I see some-thing” whenever a pretty girl passed by. Or when a couple was spied chatting romantically, “Hubba hubba ding ding / Think about a wedding ring.”
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
See also:
  • chalk and cheese
  • Box and Cox
  • battle of the giants
  • (one, two, three) strikes against (someone or something)
  • after you, my dear Alphonse
  • at each other's throats
  • be at each other's throats
  • cling together
  • go two-forty
  • between two fires
References in periodicals archive
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Nettles still has a burning desire for the family handyman who stole her heart (and, according to the self-scribed lyrics, gasp, her innocence) on the leadoff track, "Falling.'' Summing up a secret rendezvous with her blue-collar lover in her father's garden, Nettles surmises, "I walked out more of a woman than I walked in.'' Hubba hubba! But being the wholesome, God-fearing country gal that she is, Nettles goes to church to confess all her sins and promises to the Almighty up above that she will never do it again.
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The gaydar
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Research shows Hubba campaign a success
With his brother Jan, he co-wrote numerous stage tuners including "Hubba Hubba," which bowed at the Goodspeed Opera House in 1970 and ran at Manhattan Theater Club.
Gene Casey
I really like "Hubba Hubba Boy." It's cool how Kirsten is true to her best friend over a guy.
Letters
During its life, the Shubert served as a dramatic theater for the local Bainbridge players, as the Alvin burlesque house during World War II (hubba hubba), and as the Academy 70-millimeter movie house, which closed in 1983.
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This week's esteemed CRAP award (Celebrities Ranting About Pressure) is hereby awarded to that paragon of hubba hubba David Gandy.
This week's esteemed [...]
We loved her red locks, but hubba hubba, Sherry looks fabba.
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A new Ministry of health sexual health campaign has a strong message to young people--No Rubba, No Hubba Hubba. The campaign aims to reduce high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in sexually active teenagers by encouraging them to use a condom every time they have sex.
New sexual health campaign pulls no punches
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award (Celebrities About Pressure) awarded to that of hubba hubba Gandy.
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