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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • interjection Used to express acknowledgment of a minor accident, blunder, or mistake.

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  • interjection Acknowledging a minor mistake.
  • interjection Used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake.

Etymologies

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A presumably 'natural' exclamation, only attested since 1933, possibly altered to (or from) whoops (attested since 1933)

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