medgremlin@midwest.social to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWalz for VPmidwest.socialimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1301file-text
arrow-up1301imageWalz for VPmidwest.socialmedgremlin@midwest.social to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareccunning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 months 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-up5·4 months 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.