Definitions
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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Examples
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Posting a false rumor, then saying "oops," is less than mature, and less than responsible.
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In what might be described as an "oops" moment, the administration said it was delaying the arms sale until the Bassiouni commission report was released and it had had a chance to review the report.
Christopher Brauchli: Arms and Bahrain Christopher Brauchli 2011
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In what might be described as an "oops" moment, the administration said it was delaying the arms sale until the Bassiouni commission report was released and it had had a chance to review the report.
Christopher Brauchli: Arms and Bahrain Christopher Brauchli 2011
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Log in to Reply oops is right. to say nothing of my withdrawal issues when I couldn't get my TIME fix. grandsophy
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The oops from the WH seemed to be without shame or embarrassment.
White House Tips Press Off to Maliki Interview - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Stain - oops, I mean Shame - on you, Hillary ......
Exit polls: Nearly half in both states say Wright an issue 2008
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He used ‘Touche’ so any social oops is automatically undone.
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He used ‘Touche†™ so any social oops is automatically undone.
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We andered for about 3 hours and saw many pretty buildings, however unfortunately we did not know what any of the buildings were because the only map we could locate was written in German. oops!
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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I also did a little Hallowe'en ATC, which doesn't show too well in this overexposed photo; essentially it's a pile of bones with the word "oops" - my theme was "skeleton".
A productive day katelnorth 2008
Prolagus commented on the word oops
I read somewhere that now it's used as a filename for porn pictures and videos in file-sharing.
April 26, 2009
super-clarice commented on the word oops
Oops Agassiz, 1846 (arachnid) and Oops Germar, 1848 (beetle) ("Oops" wasn't used as an interjection until the 1930's.)
April 26, 2009
bilby commented on the word oops
Owners of Pet Skunks (website).
Or, worryingly, Outside of Procedure Stop (nuclear industry)
April 26, 2009
jennarenn commented on the word oops
Love, love, love u's pronunciation.
December 30, 2009