r/woooosh
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From r/woooosh, a subreddit (discussion forum) on the American social news aggregation and discussion website Reddit in which Redditors post about Internet users who misinterpreted sarcastic statements as earnest, i.e. the joke went over their head.[1] The subreddit name is thus taken from the onomatopoeia whoosh, representing the sound of a joke ostensibly flying over one's head.[2] On Reddit, subreddits can be converted into hyperlinks by typing out their name in full, preceded by r/.
Interjection[edit]
r/woooosh
- (Internet slang, metonymically) Synonym of whoosh.
- 2019 February 17, @sheldon_daily, Twitter[3]:
- They're laughing at you not getting the joke man. r/woooosh
- 2020 December 19, @mf_crybaby, Twitter[4]:
- I'm sorry but r/woooosh
- 2021 May 20, @rifqimuzakki94, Twitter[5]:
- Hopefully you GET it's a JOKE cuz r/woooosh
- 2022 August 5, @CCQuillbb, Twitter[6]:
- r/woooosh never been on twitter before?
Usage notes[edit]
- While the name of the original subreddit contains four ohs, the number of ohs in the interjection varies. While it can be elongated, the most common variation is r/woosh, modelled after the word woosh.
References[edit]
- ^ Rokas Laurinavičius, Ilona Baliūnaitė (2020 August 18) “40 Times People Missed The Joke So Bad, They Embarrassed Themselves On The Internet (New Pics)”, in Bored Panda[1], retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ “r/woooosh”, in Know Your Meme, launched 2007. n.d. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
External links[edit]
- “r/woooosh”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.