See nanu-nanu on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From the 1978 US television show Mork & Mindy, where it was used as an alien greeting.\nOriginally said by Oscar-Jack Klugman on \"The Odd Couple\" in the episode \"Psychic, Shmychic\" in 1972.\nfrom Sanskrit; nanu surely (nanu; vocative particle, implying kindness or reproach or perplexity)",
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