Hear, hear - wikipedia Hear, hear Hear, hear is an expression used as a short, repeated form of hear him. It represents a listener 's agreement with the point being made by a speaker. It was originally an imperative for directing attention to speakers, and has since been used, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, as `` the regular form of cheering in the House of Commons '', with many purposes, depending on the intonation of its user. Its use in Parliament is linked to the fact that applause is normally ( though not always ) forbidden in the chambers of the House of Commons and House of Lords. The phrase hear him, hear him ! was used in Parliament from late in the 17th century, and was reduced to hear ! or hear, hear ! by the late 18th century. The verb hear had earlier been used in the King James Bible as a command for others to listen. Other phrases have been derived from hear, hear, such as a hear, hear ( a cheer ), to hear - hear ( to shout the expression ), and hear - hearer ( a person who does the same ). The overuse of the phrase by an eager member of the House of Commons led Richard Brinsley Sheridan, in one speech, to deviate from his planned text and say `` Where, oh where, shall we find a more foolish knave or a more knavish fool than this ? ''. The eager Member of Parliament repeated `` hear, hear. '' References Look up hear, hear in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ^ Jump up to : `` The Mavens ' Word of the Day : hear, hear ''. Words@Random. Random House. 4 March 1998. Retrieved 22 January 2011. Jump up ^ `` Unique applause at Blair 's last PMQs ''. Channel 4 News. 27 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2017. Jump up ^ `` Oratorical Insults ''. insults.net. 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2017. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hear,_hear&oldid=808105535 '' Categories : English phrases Interjections Hidden categories : All articles with specifically marked weasel - worded phrases Articles with specifically marked weasel - worded phrases from May 2016 Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Nederlands 日本 語 Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 31 October 2017, at 22 : 31. About Wikipedia

Question: where does the term here here come from
Answer: House of Commons