"yay-boo" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} yay-boo (not comparable)
  1. Involving both celebration and disapproval. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-yay-boo-en-adj-zShN4PhV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "it was the decade of Viagra but also the decade of Lorena Bobbit, so it was a yay-boo period for penises.",
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