Definition: A celebration that may be premature.
Sample usage: "I had some of that potato salad that was recalled, and I'm not sick yet, so hooraybe."
Quality: Like most portmanteau words, it's a bit contrived. Besides, it sounds more like a disease an elephant would get in a Dr. Seuss book — "Horton Gets the Hooraybes." Suggested replacement: Yaybe.
JAMES LILEKS
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