shoop

Etymology 1

intj

1. (music) Used as a scat word in song lyrics.
   If you want to know (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop) If he loves you so (Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop) It's in his kiss. 1963, Rudy Clark (lyrics and music), “The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)”
   But don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh) And don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh) Don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh) And don't it make you feel good (Shoop shoop aaahh) 1982, Bananarama (lyrics and music), “Shy Boy”, in Deep Sea Skiving
   I like what ya do when you do what ya do You make me wanna shoop Shoop shoop ba-doop 1993, Salt-N-Pepa (lyrics and music), “Shoop”, in Very Necessary
   But there comes a point when When we exhale (yeah, yeah, say) Shoop, shoop, shoop Shoo be doop shoop shoop (yeah). 1995, Whitney Houston (lyrics and music), “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)”

Etymology 2

Conscious back-formation from sheep on the pattern of nouns which underwent Germanic i-mutation, such as goose → geese, tooth → teeth, foot → feet; compare the similarly jocularly-formed moose → meese.

noun

1. (slang, chiefly humorous) A sheep; specifically singular form of sheep.
   I thought you were a goat not a shoop. 2001 January 13: “A Magee”, alt.fan.british-accent (Google group): Better Living Through Spam > http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0091807549/o/qid=979300168/sr=8-1/026-8769325-3040456
   2001 March 28: “Rick Lalonde”, alt.security.alarms (Google group): Baaah Humbug 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.
   “Sheep” *is* plural… the singular is “shoop” (analogy “feet/foot”, “teeth/tooth”)… 2002 January 15: “R H Draney”, alt.usage.english (Google group): Agendae > 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”?)
   2002 November 6: “Jared of Europa”, rec.games.computer.ultima.online (Google group): Tailors ahoy! >>> Is there any tailor here who still collects own cloth by sheering sheeps or such? That’s clearly wrong… like geese is the plural of goose, sheep must be the plural of shoop. No?
   2009 August 21: “TimC”, alt.sysadmin.recovery (Google group): inept customer service If the plural of moose is meese the singular of sheep must be shoop.

Etymology 3

Alteration of shop.

noun

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.