Definition of "hooey"

For many doctors, meditation resides in the realm of New Age hooey—okay for Indian yogis and students of Eastern religion, but not suitable for scientific study.

2006, Ronald H. Hoffman (with Sidney Stevens), How to Talk with Your Doctor: The Guide for Patients and Their Physicians Who Want to Reconcile and Use the Best of Conventional and Alternative Medicine‎, ReadHowYouWant.com, pages 216–217

Sheldon Cooper: I did, but I think I've kind of outgrown Star Trek. You know, stock characters, ludicrous plots, beam me up. What a load of hooey.

2011 October 13, Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan, Maria Ferrari, “The Russian Rocket Reaction (5-5)” (00:16:47–00:17:00 from the start), in The Big Bang Theory

Dingo: Haha! Sounds like you're scared of ghosts. You know there's no such thing, right?! / Yonny: Well, actually, science has yet to DISprove the existence of ghosts. / Dingo: What? Yon, you're into all this ghost hooey? Really?!

2023 July 21, Nintendo EPD, Pikmin 4, Nintendo, level/area: Rescue Command Post