uh-oh, Spaghetti-O

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English

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Etymology

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Advertising campaign for SpaghettiOs, an American brand of canned spaghetti rings.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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uh-oh, Spaghetti-O

  1. (US, humorous) Uh-oh.
    • 1987, Ellen Frye, Look under the hawthorn:
      "Uh-oh, spaghetti-o!" She retreated a couple of steps. "Guess I'm in for it now."
    • 2001, John Treadwell Nichols, The voice of the butterfly:
      Mary clucked, "Uh-oh, spaghetti-o." I raced to the bathroom door, kicked it open . . . and stopped dead in my tracks. Ai, talk about squalid scenes!
    • 2005, Erik Grayson, A mind of summer: post-punk dispatches from a post-structuralist world:
      Uh-oh, Spaghetti-ohs. You sunk my battleship. But wait!
    • 2006, Jack Myers, Row House Blues:
      Uh oh, Spaghetti-O. We exchange places. Bobby walks up to the pole, bends over, sets himself, and gets a good grip.