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单词 whoops
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Brit. /wʊps/, /hwʊps/, /wuːps/, /hwuːps/, U.S. /(h)wups/, /(h)wʊps/
Forms: 1800s– whoops, 1900s– woops.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: upsadaisy int.
Etymology: Apparently shortened < upsadaisy int., with alteration probably after whoop int. and related words. Compare later whoopsie int., whoops-a-daisy int., oops int., and see note at upsadaisy int.
1. colloquial (often humorous). Used to express mild surprise, dismay, regret, etc., typically in response to a minor accident or mistake.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > exclamation of wonder [interjection]
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holy mackerel!1855
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1870 In re Garland xxiv. 138 You think you're sure iv it in wan spot, an' whoops! Billix, up it turns behind your back where you'd never look for it.
1926 New Yorker 1 May 24/2 (cartoon caption) He looked at me an' he—whoops!—he says y'aint paralyzed are yuh!
1957 J. Kerouac On the Road ii. viii. 159 Whoops, I thought I was on the wrong side of the road.
1985 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder II in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 217/2 Queen. Warning Percy. Who's queen? Percy drops the frisbee. Percy. Whoops. Butterfingers!
2010 Newstex Blogs (Nexis) 25 Jan. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again.
2. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). Used as an exclamation or greeting, chiefly in contexts in which a man is being recognized, indicated, or portrayed as homosexual or effeminate. Originally and chiefly in Whoops, my dear and variants, with the same sense. Now chiefly historical.In quot. 1941 as a n.: a homosexual man.
The term apparently originated from the title and lyrics of the popular song cited in quot. 1910, which describes a flamboyant young man.
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1910 B. J. Morrissey Whoops! My Dear (sheet music) 5 Upon the street both night and day he always could be found With his natty little cane and flaming crimson tie Then..you'd hear him loudly cry. ‘Whoops! my dear, Whoops! my dear’.]
1913 T. A. Dorgan Silk Hat Harry's Divorce Suit (cartoon strip) in El Paso (Texas) Morning Times 20 May 10 Woops my deah—I should get a pimple on my hip and spoil my shape.
1929 Scranton (Pa.) Republican 27 July Maj. Dick Ramsey, veteran tennis player, has invoked a new costume for the courts... In place of a regular shirt he wears a sleeveless blouse... The Maj., before his name, we take it, being an abbreviation for Majorie. whoops!
1934 ‘J. M. Hall’ Anecdota Americana 2nd Ser. 6 The chief of police is queer, Whoops my dear, Horsecock!
1941 W. Winchell On Broadway 12 Feb. He's never ogled the Radio City Rockettes in their undressing rooms... Not because he is any sissy or whoops-m'dear.
1972 C. Bramwell Stepmother's House xvii. 132 He was wearing a lavender dinner jacket, black tie and a ruffled shirt... Above this his blue eyes radiated hauteur, yet charm, ‘How provincial!’ A family grouping. Whoops, my dear!
1986 Sunday Advocate (Newark, Ohio) 27 July (Parade Mag. section) 5/1 When I talk about gays in the British theater at that time, I mean real ‘whoops, dearie’ types.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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