The Samoan
fa'aumu. Samoan in origin.
People use it when they are happy, when they are mad, during customs and rituals, as a challenge to
fight, dances, and for many other uses. It is good to use it when you are with family and friends, during the custom of giving the sua (
fa'aaloalo), and other harmless times and places.
It's not good to use it when there are other Samoans around, particularly strangers, because it will be like a challenge. Especially if
people are drinking. It is one of the fastest ways to get yourself in the hospital or worse: the morgue. If you don't believe me, try walking into a housing project where a lot of Samoans live and yell it. Worse yet, try going to a village in Samoa and do that, you won't get out alive because what you are announcing is that you are the baddest toa (
warrior) and you call out everybody and anybody, and that you don't care about the village laws and chiefs. It's a macho
thing. Hope that sheds some light on the word choo hoo.
*you
walk into a Samoan village*
You:
CHEE HOO!
*all the men and women come out and beat ur face*
and while you are on the ground, a Samoan child
kicks you in the ribs