no duh
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
US from 1962.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
- (chiefly US, colloquial, sarcastic) An expression or exclamation that something is exceedingly obvious or apparent, or that one would have to be extremely foolish not to realize something immediately. [From 1962.]
- It says here not to drive with the sun shade covering the windshield of your car. No duh!
- 2005, Robin Jones Gunn, Gardenias For Breakfast[1], page 99:
- A long pause was followed by Hannah saying, “Well, no duh!”
“What?”
“That sign. Did you read that sign?”
“No, what did it say?”
“It said ‘State Prison Next Exit: Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers.’ That′s why I said, no duh! Like they have to tell people not to pick up hitchhikers.”
“That was a strange sign,” I agreed.
- 2008, Donald James Parker, All the Stillness of the Wind[2], page 127:
- “I could maybe buy that one, for some who has advanced up the scale of faith. However, I have trouble believing it would be sellable to the general population.”
“That′s a big ‘no duh.’ Now, I hope you don′t mind me keeping your feet to the fire. Let′s get back to your idea that maybe there are multiple paths to Heaven. And by the way, I hope you know you′re making me dizzy.”
- 2010, Joselin Linder, Elena Donovan Mauer, Have Sex Like You Just Met - No Matter How Long You've Been Together[3], page xvii:
- Ultimately, humans aren′t wholly monogamous either. (Can we hear a “No duh,” from the bleacher seats?)
Synonyms[edit]
- no shit
- no shit, Sherlock
- thank you, Captain Obvious & you're welcome, Lieutenant Sarcasm
- no really
- oh really
- really
- no kidding
- you don't say
- duh
References[edit]
- ^ Eric Partridge (2007) “no duh!”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 460.