oo arr
English
Alternative forms
Interjection
- (UK, West Country) Used to indicate agreement.
- Oo arr, that's a good idea.
- (UK, West Country) Used to introduce a refutation, sometimes sarcastically.
- Oo arr, you and whose army?
Usage notes
Often used in mockery as a stereotypical phrase in the Mummerset accent.
Quotations
- 1976, The Wurzels, "I Am A Cider Drinker":
- And we'll sink a pint of Scrumpy,
Then we'll play old nature's game.
(Ha ha ha! Oo arr!)
- And we'll sink a pint of Scrumpy,
- 1985, Spike Milligan, Where Have All the Bullets Gone?:
- 'Oo arr, but them's not memburs o' the Narzee party.'
- 1988, Brian Jacques, Mossflower, page 179:
- 'Oo arr, oo bliss 'n' joys. Hurr, this be the loif, Gonffen!'
- 2014, March 06, "Give it up before you oo-arr - George Michael gave up cannabis because it gave him a Westcountry accent", North Devon Journal[1]
- 2014, April 25, "20 things oo-arr bound to love on Cornwall", The Sun