medgremlin@midwest.social to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWalz for VPmidwest.socialimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1300arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squareccunning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoThe more I think about it the more I think it’s actually something I say, just not consciously. And I’m from the Mid-Atlantic; not the Midwest. Also found this article that hypothesizes a few origins including, yes, a shortening of “oops!”
minus-squaremedgremlin@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoIn Minnesota at least, it’s more of an expression noise like “oh!” in terms of use and definition.
The more I think about it the more I think it’s actually something I say, just not consciously. And I’m from the Mid-Atlantic; not the Midwest.
Also found this article that hypothesizes a few origins including, yes, a shortening of “oops!”
In Minnesota at least, it’s more of an expression noise like “oh!” in terms of use and definition.