strewth

Minced form of God's truth. Compare zounds, blimey.

“Strewth! Here she is,” said the salesman.

1957, Greta X (Angela Pearson), The Whipping-Post, page 109:

“Strewth,” he whistled. “I reckon that’s a complicated fracture of the right tibia.”

1971 July 1, Michael O’Donnell, “Take to the hills”, in New Scientist, page 41:

He smiles and is going to say something encouraging. Strewth! Why doesn’t he duck? His head’s above the parapet. He’s in the line of fire. Silly BUGGER! “CRACK!”

2007, Marilys Edwards, Keep The Home Fires Burning, AuthorHouse, page 187:

Nicky: 'Helloooooo?' / Sam: 'Strewth. You gotta be kidding me.'

2020, "Moments of Silence", in Taskmaster, series 10, episode 8, Channel 4, character scripts in The Smart Steak

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, originally a minced oath) A mild oath expressing surprise or generally adding emphasis.


fiddle

From Middle English fithele, from Old English *fiþele, from Proto-West Germanic *fiþulā, from Proto-Germanic *fiþulǭ (“fiddle”), of uncertain etymology. Some contest that the Germanic terms are borrowed variations of Late Latin vitula (see viola); others contest that the word has a separate origin within Germanic languages, and still others believe that the Late Latin term for the stringed instrument is a borrowing from Germanic as a change of Latin t to Germanic þ is highly improbable, yet Germanic þ to Latin t is well documented (see troop, Teobaldo, etc.). Cognate with Old High German fidula (German Fiedel), Middle Dutch vedele (Dutch vedel, veel), Old Norse fiðla (Icelandic fiðla, Danish fiddel, Norwegian fela, Swedish fela). The change from /ðl/ to /dl/ in modern English is regular; compare staddle, swaddle (in brothel, it was prevented; see that entry for discussion).

Oh, fiddle. I left my whip in the stable.


zounds

Minced form of God's wounds, with reference to the wounds from Christ's crucifixion. Compare strewth, blimey, gadzooks, 'sblood, crikey.

'Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch a man to death!

c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

Bounds, mounds, lounds, founds, kounds, downds, rounds, pounds, zounds! — hounds — ha! hounds — I have it.

1870, R.M. Ballantyne, The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands:

"Zounds!" he exclaimed. "What the dickens is that?"

1900, J.C. Hutcheson, Bob Strong's Holidays:

(chiefly dated, minced oath) Expressing anger, surprise, assertion etc.


mabuhay

From ma- + buhay. The interjection is a calque of Spanish ¡Viva!.

Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!


wig

Clipping of periwig, itself an alteration of French perruque. The meaning of "to reprimand" perhaps came from this being something a bigwig would do or perhaps from the expressions to flip one's wig, wigs on the green, or dash my wig!

(LGBTQ, Internet slang) An expression of shock.


later

* Adverb: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lator, equivalent to late + -er.
* Adjective: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lætra, equivalent to late + -er.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian leeter (“later”), West Frisian letter (“later”), Dutch later (“later”), German Low German later (“later”).

Later, dude.


joh

(informal) Used to address someone, somewhat like dude or mate.


pala

Compare Bikol Central palan, Tagalog pala.

Makanini pala!

Wapin pala, alineman pakanita e.

tutu pala!

expressing sudden realization; exclamation of surprise


pizda

please help by adding the tonal marks.
pīzda (nominative singular)
pīzdi (dual nominative)
pīzde (nominative plural)
pīzde (genitive singular)
pīzd (dual genitive)
pīzd (genitive plural)
pīzdi (dative singular)
pīzdama (dative dual)
pīzdam (dative plural)
pīzdo (accusative singular)
pīzdi (accusative dual)
pīzde (accusative plural)
pīzdi (locative singular)
pīzdah (dual locative)
pīzdah (locative plural)
pīzdo (instrumental singular)
pīzdama (dual instrumental)
pīzdami (instrumental plural)

From Proto-Slavic *pizda, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīˀsdāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *písdeh₂.

Pizda! Zlomil sem ga!


terima kasih

terima (“receive”) + kasih (“care”), from Malay terima kasih.

(formal) thank you (an expression of gratitude)


click

Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s. Compare Saterland Frisian klikke (“to click”), Middle Dutch clicken (Modern Dutch: klikken (“to click”)), Old High German klecchen (Modern German: klecken, klicken (“to click”)), Danish klikke (“to click”), Swedish klicka (“to click”), Norwegian klikke (“to click”), Norwegian klekke (“to hatch”).

onomatopoeic

Imitative

Click! The door opened.


crikey

Euphemistic substitute for Christ, perhaps a corruption of Christ King. Compare criminy, cripes, crivvens. Attested from the 19th century.

Crikey, mate, that ain't a knife, this is a knife!

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) An exclamation of astonishment.


havoc

From Middle English havok, havyk, from Old French havok in the phrase crier havok (“cry havoc”) a signal to soldiers to seize plunder, from Old French crier (“cry out, shout”) + havot (“pillaging, looting”), of obscure origin. Probably from a derivative of Old French *haf, hef (“hook”), from Frankish *haf, *habbjā, *happjā (“pruning-hook, scythe”), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), related to Old French havee (“handful”), Old French havet (“pruning-hook”), Old High German habba, heppa (“pruning-hook, scythe”), modern German Hippe (“billhook”). If so, then also related to English heave and doublet of hatchet.

unk

obscure

der

Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt / With modest warrant.

c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

Cry "havoc", and let slip the dogs of war!

1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.


eureka

From Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, “I have found”), perfect active indicative first singular of εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find”). Archimedes supposedly exclaimed this when he figured out how to determine the density of an object. First use appears c. 1603 in a text by Philemon Holland.

Eureka! I have found it! What I mean / To say is, not that love is idleness, / But that in love such idleness has been / An accessory, as I have cause to guess.

"Eureka!" he cried, his teeth shining through his beard. "Gentlemen, you may congratulate me and we may congratulate each other. The problem is solved."

1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

A page is turned - eureka, a snatch of tune / is playing itself, the piss-proud syllables / are unveiling a difficult prosody.

1970, Peter Porter, The Sanitized Sonnets, The Last of England:

An exclamation indicating a sudden discovery.


eureka

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, “I have found”), perfect active indicative 1st singular of εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “I find”).


eureka

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὕρηκᾰ (heúrēka).


bon voyage

/ˌbɒn vwaɪˈɑːʒ/

/ˌbɒn vɔɪˈɑːʒ/

Borrowed from French bon voyage (“bon voyage, (have a) good journey”), from bon (“good”) + voyage (“journey”).

bor

Bon voyage, Charles Muntz, and good luck capturing the monster of Paradise Falls!

2009 May 13, Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Up, spoken by newsreel announcer (David Kaye), Walt Disney Pictures & Pixar Animation Studios:

Bon Voyage / Forget that olde worlde / I'm inching away from the darkest slump of my life / And I don't know if I'm coming back

2013, Crying (lyrics and music), “Vacation”, in Get Olde:


bon voyage

bon voyage, have a good journey, have a good trip


bon voyage

Unadapted borrowing from French bon voyage (“bon voyage”)


nana

From Proto-Polynesian *naa-naa (“to look at something”). Doublet of nānā.


yen

Yen la volfo!


ma

Ma che carino!

(informal, emphatic) indicates emotion or emphasis

Ma...tu sei di Roma?

(informal) used to introduce a new topic or a question


ma

From Italian ma, reinforced by Ancient Greek μά (má); both ultimately from Latin magis.

Ma kako?!

Ma gdje?

Ma da?

Ma to je on!

Placed at the beginning of a sentence to add intensity and surprise

Ma ne.

Ma daj.

Ma kakvi.

Placed at the beginning of a sentence to express dismissal and indignation

Ma da!/Ma svakako!/Ma naravno!

Ma nemoj.

Ma nikad niste vi krivi.


спасибо

head

спаси́бо • (spasíbo)

спаси́бо (canonical)
spasíbo (romanization)

Russenorsk: basiba

→ English: spasibo

→ Ingrian: passibo

→ Livvi: passibo

→ Moksha: спасиба (spaśiba)

→ Skolt Sami: späʹsseb

→ Votic: passibo

→ Yakut: баһыыба (bahııba)

Ru-спасибо.ogg

From earlier Old East Slavic *съпаси богъ (*sŭpasi bogŭ, “God save (you)”) (modern Russian спаси́ Бог (spasí Bog)). Compare Ukrainian спаси́бі (spasýbi) and Belarusian спасі́ба (spasíba). Also compare the etymological development of English goodbye.

inh

*съпаси богъ

Спаси́бо (кому́-либо) за по́мощь. ― Spasíbo (komú-libo) za pómoščʹ. ― Thank you (someone) for the help.

Спаси́бо за сове́т.

Спаси́бо за услу́гу/услу́ги.

Спаси́бо за побе́ду.

Спаси́бо за подде́ржку.

Спаси́бо за понима́ние.

Спаси́бо за сопережива́ние.

Спаси́бо за опла́ту.

Спаси́бо за сообще́ние.

Спаси́бо за тыл.

Спаси́бо за цветы́.

Спаси́бо за то, что ты есть у меня́!

Большо́е спаси́бо! / Спаси́бо большо́е!

Many thanks!; Thank you very much! (literally, “Big thanks!”)

thank you, thanks [with за (za, + accusative) ‘for’]


US, attested 1996, variant of earlier wh00t (1994), leetspeak form of whoot (1993), form standardized and popularized in dancehall anthem by rap song “Whoot, There It Is” (single released March 22, 1993) by group 95 South – compare often-confused “Whoomp! (There It Is)” (single released May 7, 1993) by group Tag Team – both in Miami bass genre (also less common “Whoops, there it is”), from earlier varied oral usage whoo, whoof, woo, woof (compare standard woohoo), notably by studio audience on The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–94) and in movie Pretty Woman (1990). The usage of The Arsenio Hall Show, specifically by the “dogpound” section of the audience, was in turn based on a dog’s bark woof (“(sound of dog barking)”), and derived from chants used at football games by the Cleveland Browns, from Hall’s home town, team nicknamed “The Dogs”.
Many folk etymologies exist, but written record is clear: the term appears widely in popular print use only from 1993, particularly used both in dancehalls and at sporting events, and is credited to the songs. The w00t form gained popularity on the internet from 1996, especially in massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs).

w00t I've won this special item.

I talked to some lady at Burton, and she was saying there's all kinds of neat stuff on the disk, like clicking in different places or such gets neat things not otherwise seen.....anyone find any of these?

1994, John Paul Brzustowicz, rec.skiing.snowboard, Widowmaker CD ROM very soon, 11/10/1994

This is a test

1996, Matthew Cable, news:alt.test, Yeah!, Jan 8 1996, 1:00 am

(Internet slang, leetspeak) Used to express joy, particularly that felt during success or victory.

95 South
Cleveland Browns
Grant Barrett
Miami bass
Pretty Woman
TV Acres
The Arsenio Hall Show
Whoomp! (There It Is)
Whoot, There It Is
w00t


fute

interjection used to drive away animals (especially cats), shoo!


예

Not attested in Middle Korean. Probably from the same source as 네 (ne), plausibly *녜 (*nye) (not directly attested).

한 번은 가보셨습니까? — 예, 가본 적 있습니다.

Have you been there at least once? — Yes, I have been there.

Han beon-eun ga-bosyeotseumnikka? - Ye, ga-bon jeok itseumnida.

한 번도 가본 적 없습니까? — 예, 없습니다.

Have you never been there? — No [lit. Yes], never.

Han beon-do ga-bon jeok eopseumnikka? - Ye, eopseumnida.

통인아 예 져 건네 화류 즁의 오락가락 힛ᄯᅳᆨ힛ᄯᅳᆨ 얼는얼는 ᄒᆞ는 겨 무어신지 자셔이 보와라

late 19th c., 열여춘향슈졀가 上 [Song of the Virtuous Girl Chunhyang Preserving her Chastity]:

"Hey, Tong-in!" "Yes, sir." "Go look carefully at what that thing over there, amid the flowers and willows, might be: the thing that is hurrying back and forth in flashes of white."

Tong'ina ye jeo geonne hwaryu jung-ui orakgarak hittteukhittteuk eolleuneolleun haneun gyeo mueosinji jasyeoi bowara

(formal) yes (affirms the truth of the question as stated)


네

Probably from the same source as 예 (ye), plausibly *녜 (*nye) (apparently not directly attested).

네, 알겠습니다.


bovver

Represents a nonstandard or dialectal (in particular Cockney) pronunciation of bother.

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


dagnabbit

/ˌdæɡˈnæbɪt/

Dagnabbit! I lost my keys again.


roger

→ Japanese: ラジャー (rajā)

From Roger, used circa 1940 in UK and US military communication to represent "R" when spelling out a word. "R" is the first letter in received, used to acknowledge understanding a message. "Roger" for "received" was in spoken usage in air traffic radio parlance by 1950.

Pilot: CESSNA TWO THREE FOUR—ROGER—OUT.

(radio telecommunications) Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood)


jawohl

→ Istriot: iavòl

From ja (“yes”) with the emphatic wohl placed after it, meaning “it is willed”. Compare Dutch jawel.


kuna

(minced oath) moderately vulgar swearword


willkommen

→ Kashubian: wilkóm

Inherited from Middle High German willekomen, from Old High German willechomen, from Proto-Germanic *wiljakumô. Cognate to Dutch welkom, English welcome, Danish velkommen, and other Germanic forms. Cognate with Portuguese bem-vindo, French bienvenu, Italian benvenuto, Spanish bienvenido, possibly Germanic calques.


quid

Balkan Romance:

Aromanian: tsi

Megleno-Romanian: tse

Romanian: ce

Italo-Romance:

Italian: che

Neapolitan: che

Sicilian: chi

Padanian:

Friulian: ce

Piedmontese: quei, que

Romansch: tge

Venetan: ché

Gallo-Romance:

Catalan: què

Franco-Provençal: quei, que

French: que, quoi

Norman: quei, qui, que

Picard: quoé

Occitan: qué

Ibero-Romance:

Aragonese: que

Asturian: que

Mozarabic: כי (ky), כ (k)

desctree

Old Galician-Portuguese: que, q̃, q̇ (abbreviation, in manuscripts)
Fala: que
Galician: que
Portuguese: que
Indo-Portuguese: que

Spanish: que

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷid; compare *kʷis.
The sense “why” is an adverbial accusative; compare Ancient Greek τί (tí).

Quid, an nescīs

(discussing moetacism) Plērumque enim aut suspēnsiōne prōnuntiātur aut exclūsiōne […] Nōs quid sequī dēbēmus? Quid, per suspēnsiōnem tantum modo. Quā ratiōne? Quia si […]

Pompeius, Commentum in Artis Donati partem tertiam Keil, GL V, p. 287/14 = Zago (2017), p. 16/7

It's mostly pronounced either by pausing or by leaving it out […] Which solution should we adopt? Why, only by pausing. What is the reason? Because if […]


doggone

Doggone! I lost my keys again.

(US, dialectal) Euphemistic form of goddamned; an expression of anger or annoyance.


å

From Old Norse ó, was used in the same sense.

Å, er det deg?

Å gud, for et dårlig vær det er.

Å, skitt, du har problemer!

Å, vær så snill, kan vi ikke dra?

Used to make the message more urgent, pleading, or to underline it, oh

Å ja, sier du det?

Hva skjedde? —Å, ingenting

Å, jeg er ikke så sikker på det.


å

aa

Etymologies 2-6, obsolete typography (pre-1917)

Å, er det du?

Å gud, for eit dårleg vêr det er!

Å skitt, du er i trøbbel!

Å, ver so snill, kan vi kje dra?

Used to make the message more urgent, pleading, or to underline it; oh

Å ja, seier du det?

Kva skjedde? Å, ingenting.

Å, eg er ikkje so sikker på det


oi

tlb

(UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, Commonwealth, usually impolite)

Variant of the interjection hoy with h-dropping in working class and Cockney speech; first recorded in the 1930s. Compare also unrelated Portuguese oi and Japanese おい (oi).

Oi, you with the red hat – what do you think you're doing?

Oi! Stop that!

Oi! This is new!

Oi! How's it going?


oi

Borrowed from oyez, 2nd person plural imperative of the verb oir (“to listen”), as used as an interjection in duplicated form “Oyez, oyez” by public speakers of medieval times to draw attention before a public address; see oi oi.


oi

Oi que ho farà? Digui que sí.

1994, Ferran Canyameres, Montserrat Canyameres, Obra completa IV, page 194:

used at the end of a sentence, or with que at the beginning to make a tag question

indicates agreement with a statement: yeah; that's right


oi

Estonian language
Ingrian language
Karelian language
Latvian language
Ludian language
Russian language
Swedish language
Veps language
Votic language

Similar interjections can be found in other Finnic languages (compare Estonian oi, Ingrian oi, Karelian oi, Ludian oi, Veps oi, Votic oi) and neighboring Indo-European languages (Swedish oj, Latvian oi, Russian ой).

Oi Herra!

oh (to express surprise, wonder, amazement or awe)


oi

Oi, apa kau buat tu?!


oi

General interjection sound. Compare unrelated English oi.

Oi, Maria!


oi

(chiefly Brazil, informal) sorry? I beg your pardon? excuse me? (request to repeat a message that wasn’t heard or understood clearly)


sure

non-rhotic, show–sure merger, African-American Vernacular

From Middle English sure, seur, sur, from Middle French sur or Old French seür, from Latin sēcūrus (“secure”, literally “carefree”), from sē- (“apart”) + cūra (“care”) (compare Old English orsorg (“carefree”), from or- (“without”) + sorg (“care”)). See cure. Doublet of secure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”).
Displaced native Middle English wis, iwis (“certain, sure”) (from Old English ġewis, ġewiss (“certain, sure”)), as well as Middle English siker (“sure, secure”) (from Old English sicor (“secure, sure”)) with which it was cognate.

noncog

"Do you want me to put this in the garage?" "Sure, go ahead."

Yes, expressing noncommittal agreement or consent.

"Could you tell me where the washrooms are?" "Sure, they're in the corner over there."

"Thanks for helping me with that electrical fault." "Sure. Any time."

You're welcome; polite response to being thanked.


mors

Possibly an alteration of morgon (“morning”), or from Tavringer Romani mus, muss, musij, mossj, måssj (“man, person”), from Romani murś (“man”). Related to Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya, “man”). Compare English mush.


hombre

Inherited from Old Spanish omne, from Latin hominem, homō, from Old Latin hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”). The Old Spanish form omne was first dissimilated to omre and then a gliding sound -b- arose before the -r-. Compare the same development in hambre and nombre.


polo

From the game marco polo, from the explorer Marco Polo, from Latin Paulus.


ur

Expressing hesitation or inarticulacy; er, um.


amp

tlb

(chiefly Internet slang, usually derogatory, vulgar, offensive, slightly euphemistic)

Clipping of amputa, which is a univerbation of ang (“the”) + puta (“bitch”).

univerbation

piece of shit (either of a situation or a person)

'Tong lecheng 'to talaga, nakakasira ng umaga amp!

Seriously, this motherfucker, what a day-ruining piece of shit!

bat d nyo pa ipush yng hay1p n mid n yan? kanina pa e nakakat6ngina amp

(gaming) Why don't y'all push through the fucking middle already?!? It could've been earlier. What a pain in the ass, these motherfuckers.


cony

Inherited from Latin cunnus, compare Portuguese cona and Spanish coño.

(vulgar) expresses frustration or surprise


doing

The sound made by an elastic object when struck by or striking a hard object.


haw

From Middle English ha (interjection). Compare Old Norse há (interjection), Middle Low German ha, hā (interjection), Old High German aha, hei (interjection).

You think that song was good? Haw!

The bitter laugh laughs at that which is not good, it is the ethical laugh. The hollow laugh laughs at that which is not true, it is the intellectual laugh. Not good! Not true! Well well. But the mirthless laugh is the dianoetic laugh, down the snout — Haw! — so.

1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:

An imitation of laughter, often used to express scorn or disbelief. Often doubled or tripled (haw haw or haw haw haw).

Hums or haws.

1720, William Congreve, An Impossible Thing:

An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like "haw"; the sound so made.


haw

Assumed to be interjectory, but compare Old English hawian (“to observe, look”)

onomatopoeic

interjectory

Coordinate term: gee

An instruction for a horse or other animal to turn towards the driver, typically left.

嗬

an instruction for a horse or other animal to turn towards the driver


haw

tlb

(now dialectal, Rizal, sarcastic, colloquial)

Nakabangga daw si Nel kanina? Haw, mangungutang naman laang siya.

Nel said he hit someone with his vehicle? Oh please, he'll just ask for money.


oo

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həqə (“yes; expression of agreement”). Compare Hanunoo ho, Palawan Batak ee, Cebuano oo, Hiligaynon hoo, and Tausug huun.


gee

A shortening of Jesus, perhaps as in the oath by Jesus.

Gee, I didn't know that!

Gee, this is swell fun!

Stephanie (Irene Dunne): Oh, yes. I like the English. And the Americans, too! / John Kent (Randolph Scott): Gee, that's swell. I'm an American! / Stephanie: Gee, that's swe–, I mean, I thought so.

1935, Jane Murfin, Sam Mintz, Allan Scott (screenplay), Roberta (motion picture), RKO Pictures:

(somewhat dated) A general exclamation of surprise or frustration.


gee

Mush, huskies. Now, gee! Gee!

A command to a horse, pack animal, etc., which may variously mean “move forward”, “go faster”, or “turn to the right”.


bole

From Malay boleh (“can, may, possible”).


team

From Middle English tem, teem, teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, *tugōną, *teuhōną, *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with Scots team, teem (“a chain, harness”), Saterland Frisian Toom (“bridle; breeding”), West Frisian team (“bridle, team”), Dutch toom (“bridle, reins, flock of birds”), German Low German Toom (“bridle”), German Zaum (“bridle”), Norwegian tømme (“bridle, rein”), Swedish töm (“leash, rein”). More at teem, tie, tow.

cog

(video games, colloquial) Used to propose that another player team up with the speaker.


dole

Dol(j)e s vladom!


boo

From earlier (15c.) boh, coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Middle English bus! (“bang!”, interjection), Latin boō (“cry aloud, roar, shout”, verb), Ancient Greek βοάω (boáō, “shout”, verb).

onomatopoeic

startling

noncog

A loud exclamation intended to scare someone. Usually used when one has been hidden from the target, and then appears unexpectedly.

pöö

word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared

I ask them to record their votes in my favour, and I ask, is there any man who will dare to call me a stranger (hear, hear, and booing)?

1852 July 15, “Dundalk Election”, in The Freeman's Journal, volume lxxxv, Dublin, page 3:

An exclamation used by a member of an audience, as at a stage play or sporting event, to indicate derision or disapproval.


hoy

Probably a natural expression, as may be inferred from its presence with similar meaning in many other unrelated languages: English hey, Mandarin 哎 (āi), Latin eia, and Czech ahoj.

Hoy! Gumising na kayong lahat dyan!

expression used to call the attention of somebody: hey!

Hoy! Hindi ako ang kumuha ng pera mo!

expression used as a warning or as a protest: hey!


dey

If a player makes a silly mistake, he doesn’t wail when told to “wake up lah, dey”.

2007 September 10, Sandra Leong, w:The Straits Times, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, →OCLC, page 6:

(Singapore, Malaysia, slang, rare, between friends) A familiar term of address conveying extra emphasis at the end of sentences.


hone

Oh, hone! oh, hone! miserable wretch that I am! Do ye mak confession for me, Sir, and I'll say 't after you, as weel as I dow. Oh, hone! oh, hone!

1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, Act 4, page 141

Synonym of alas Used to express sorrow, or grief


hue

Onomatopoeic. Compare German hü, hüa, Dutch ju.

yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn right


hue

(Brazil, Internet slang) expressing laugh; hahaha

depending on the supposed length of the laugh


pew

An expression of disgust in response to an unpleasant odor.


pew

(video games, childish) Representative of the sound made by the firing of a gun, particularly a blaster in science fiction.


boa

From Old Galician-Portuguese bõa, from Latin bona, feminine of bonus (“good”). Cognate with Galician boa.

good one!, well done!, all right! (expresses approval, applause or admiration)


mew

From Middle English mewen; onomatopoeic.

(archaic) An exclamation of disapproval; boo.


rather

/ˈɹɑː.ðə(ɹ)/

/ˌɹɑːˈðɜː(ɹ)/

/ˈɹɑː.ðə(ɹ)/

From Middle English rather, from Old English hraþor, comparative of hraþe (“soon, early, fast”). More at rathe. Cognate with Dutch radder (“faster”), comparative of Dutch rad (“fast; quick”), German Low German radd, ratt (“rashly; quickly; hastily”), German gerade (“even; straight; direct”). By surface analysis, rathe + -er.

cog

Would you like some? –Rather!

"Do you mean to say, young man," she said frostily, "that you expect me to drink this stuff?" ¶ "Rather! Bucks you up, you know."

"Farewell, Daughter of Eve," said he. "Perhaps I may keep the handkerchief?"
"Rather!" said Lucy, and then ran towards the far-off patch of daylight as quickly as her legs would carry her.

1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:

"Some of us stupid old die-hards believe that there is yet room for pride in one's work, Pook," Mr Pants said with dangerous emphasis. "Oh, rather, sir. I'd much sooner walk to London Town than ride in one of those motorcars we've heard tell of, sir."

1967, Peter Pook, Banker Pook Confesses:

(England, dated) An enthusiastic affirmation.


scat

From scoot, from the root of shoot. Alternatively, from the expression quicker than scat (“in a great hurry”), perhaps representing a hiss followed by the word cat. Compare Swedish schas (“shoo, begone”).

Scat! Go on! Get out of here!

Scat! Shoo! Scat! Geet up! Geet on! Nobody's sick in this house! Nobody wants you here!

1903, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Though Life Us Do Part, page 223:

“Scat! Shoo bird!” The bird merely stared, its dark eyes glinting.

2009, Coleen D'Andrea, The Harbinger, page 30:

'Scat! Go on, scat!' she called, trying to shoo it away.

2014, Marita Conlon-McKenna, The Hat Shop On The Corner, page 24:

(colloquial) An imperative demand to leave, often understood by speaker and listener as impertinent.


pol

Myrrhina: Et pol ego istuc ad te. Sed quid est, quod tuo nunc animo aegrest?

Myrrhina: And, troth, I was coming here to yours. But what is it that now distresses your mind?


ulan

Ulan çocuk, buraya gel!

Said to get someone's attention in a rude or colloquial manner.

Yeter ulan! Artık beni arama.

An expression of frustration or anger for protest or reprimand


shalom

Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (šālóm, “peace, well-being; Hello, good-bye”). Doublet of salaam, the same word via Arabic.

bor

(Judaism) A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.

شَلُوم

transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell


all together

All together! Say it: "Long live our country!"

Calling for other people to say something together.


botheration

term-label

(originally Ireland, dated, often humorous)

/ˌbɒðəˈɹeɪʃn̩/

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-botheration.wav

/ˌbɑðəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/

From bother + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result).

suffix

"Botheration ! Who cares ? Why don't you ask if [our ancestors] carried pocket-books ?"

Botheration! How she had crumpled her skirt, kneeling in that idiotic way.

1918, Katherine Mansfield, "Prelude" in Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback, 2002, p. 120

"Blast and botheration!" exclaimed Digory. "What's gone wrong now? [...]"

1955, C. S. Lewis, chapter 3, in The Magician's Nephew, Collins, published 1998:

A mild expression of annoyance or exasperation: bother!


holt

Máš holt pravdu.

Pak budeme holt muset tvrději pracovat.

(colloquial, modal particle) indicating that something is generally known, or cannot be changed, or the like; often untranslatable; so, just, simply, indeed, well


sod

(UK, Ireland, vulgar) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.


mir

From Proto-Slavic *mirъ (“peace; world”).


clang

1570, of imitative origin; Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin clangere.

Imitative of a loud metallic ringing sound.

(humorous) Said after someone has name-dropped (mentioned a famous person with whom they are acquainted).


damnation

From Middle English dampnacioun, from Old French dampnacion, from Latin damnatio.

Oh damnation! The window doesn't shut!

Expressing annoyance or disappointment; damn; dammit.


rut

Csak az eperfa alatt sétálgató, felborzolt tollú pulyka kiabálta: rut, rut.

Rút! Rút! Rút! / Föl is, le is út: / mérges Pulyka, te szereted / csak a háborút!

1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert), archived from the original on 2018-10-19:

Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! / Go away: / angry Turkey, only you like / war!

Pulyka mondja: rut, rut, rut! / Aki kapzsi, mindig rút!

2018 July 22, Csanádi Imre, Hangverseny (Concert):

gobble (representation of the sound of a turkey; can be used repetitively)


breaker

From Middle English breker, brekere, equivalent to break + -er. Cognate with Dutch breker, German Low German Breker, German Brecher.

breaker one nine

Breaker to the Bandit

1977, Smokey and the Bandit, spoken by Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason):

(US, dated) Used to open a conversation or call for a response on CB radio.


jo

Du elsker mig ikke, gør du vel? — Jo!

Jeg har ikke gjort noget! — Jo!

yes (used to contradict a negative statement or negatively phrased question) (often followed by I do, he is, etc. in English to indicate contradiction rather than affirmation); identical in usage to the French si. Contrasts with ja which confirms positive statements or positively phrased questions.


jo

Ey! - Jo! - Hey! - Hi!

Later! - Jo! - Later! - Bye!

Fijn weekend! - Jo! - Have a nice weekend! - You too!


jo

Alteration of ja (“yes”) or the respective dialectal cognates. Compare English yo.

(colloquial, dialectal) yes, yeah, well; expresses agreement in a hesitant or ponderous manner.


jo

From the respective dialectal words for yes in about half of Northern and Central Germany and all of Western Germany (compare Low German ja, jo). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”), possibly from an unrecorded root. The form with /oː/ must have existed in the Middle Ages already, since the word often partakes in the same sound shifts as words with /oː/ from other sources, cf. Swedish jo, Middle English yo (> English yo).

(colloquial) yes; expresses firm agreement.


jo

From Proto-Finnic *jo. Cognates include Finnish jo and Veps jo.


jo

stop, whoa (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof)


jo

¡Jo!

I never heard anything like that before. / Are you serious? / Boy!

(euphemistic) Used to express surprise, amazement, or confusion


jo

Manze jo!

(Sheng) added for emphasis to the end of a sentence


jo

From Old Swedish iū, from Old Norse jaur.

Du har inte borstat tänderna, eller hur? - Jo, det har jag.

You haven't brushed your teeth, have you? - Yes, I have.

yes; used as a disagreement to a negative statement or a negatively phrased question (has no English equivalent, but is similar to French si)

– Är det du som är han? – Jo, det är jag.
– Are you that guy? – Yep, that's me.

yes (more generally, in a similar vein to jodå – see its usage notes)

Ah, jo, det stämmer nog när jag tänker efter

Ah, yeah, that's probably correct when I think about it

Jo(ooo)! Nu kom jag på hur man löser pusslet.

O(ooo)h! I figured out how to solve the puzzle now.

(with an excited, rising tone) Expresses having an insight; oh

Jo, det är så att det är en grej som jag måste berätta för er

So, there is something that I have to tell you ("So, it is such that there is a thing that I have to tell you," with some common stalling wording)

A filler, at the start of an utterance (to get someone's attention); listen, so, hey, etc. (compare "yeah")


dun

How would you deal with that power? (Dun, dun, DUN! Insert dramatic music here.)

2009, Carrie Tucker, I Love Geeks: The Official Handbook, Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media, →ISBN:

Dun, dun! Dun, dun! As the music continues, the long shot of Griff's walk is broken down into repeating tight shots of his face, his legs, and his shifting point of view of Brockie.

2015, Lisa Dombrowski, The Films of Samuel Fuller: If You Die, I’ll Kill You, page 113:

'DUN DUN DUN DUN-DUN-DUN-DUN! DUN DUN DUN DUNDUN-DUN-DUN... PRESSURE!' By 2.05 a.m. I am Very Awake Indeed and the catastrophising continues.

2016, Helen Russell, Leap Year: How small steps can make a giant difference:

Whenever that iconic riff in the score cued up—Dun dun ... dun dun ... dun dun dun dun dun-dun-dun-dun ... —Jack's heart would race, and she'd feel the fear on her skin.

2020, Spencer Hamilton, The Fear: A Pandemic Horror Novel:

Imitating a deep bass note, such as that found in suspenseful music.


woe

From Middle English wo, wei, wa, from Old English wā, wǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *wai, from Proto-Germanic *wai (interjection), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wáy (interjection).
See also Dutch wee, German Weh, weh, Danish ve, Yiddish וויי (vey); also Latin vae, Albanian vaj, French ouais, Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí), Persian وای (vây) (Turkish vay, a Persian borrowing), Proto-Slavic *uvy (whence Russian увы́ (uvý)), and Armenian վայ (vay).

Miranda: O woe, the day.

1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 2:


char

a noncommittal reply to an untrue statement

spoken after something one has said that is untrue or highly ridiculous


hep

Hep, two, three four! Hep, two, three four!

Alternative form of hup (“part of marching cadence”)


hep

From German hep or Hepp-Hepp, an interjection used to attack Jewish people. The origin of the German source is unknown, but may come from a goatherd’s call.

Let us hope that the modern “Hep-Hep” cry of Antisemitism of to-day will be accompanied by a similar level of Judaism.

1893, Emanuel Schreiber, Historians of Judaism in the Nineteenth Century, page 13:

(historical) A rallying cry in attacks on the Jewish people.


hep

Perhaps originally used with horses (in the sense "giddyup"), in which case possibly a shortening of hepo; compare also hop.

used as a generic interjection to express desire or surprise or to attract attention to what is said after


'scuse

'Scuse, can I come past?


hoot

Imitative. Compare English tut, Scottish Gaelic och.

Precedes a disagreeing or contradictory statement.

An expression of annoyance or disapproval.


sage

Borrowed from Japanese sage (sage), from Japanese 下げる (sageru, “to lower”). From 2channel.

sage in all fields

(4chan, Internet slang) Word used in the email field of imageboards to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software.


ruff

"Ruff, ruff!" Around the corner, a little light brown, short-haired dog came running. On seeing the little brown terrier, Annie and Marie looked at one another. Letting out a moan, Annie said, "Oh no, it's JB! I wish Joyce would take him to dog school and have him taught some manners."

2014, Suzan Kayaalp, “The Visitor”, in The Adventures of Lucky the Duck, New York, N.Y.: Page Publishing, →ISBN:


victory

The noun is derived from Middle English victory, victori, victorie (“supremacy, victory; a defeat or vanquishing, conquest; superior military force; might, power, strength; triumphal celebration or procession; monument commemorating a defeat; superior position, dominance; mastery; moral victory, vindication; success, triumph; redemption, salvation; resurrection of Jesus; means of achieving spiritual victory; reward for or token of perseverance in a spiritual struggle”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman victorie and Old French victorie, a variant of victoire (“victory, win”) (modern French victoire), from Latin victōria (“victory”), from victor (“champion, winner, victor; conqueror, vanquisher”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to contain, envelop; to overcome”)) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). The English word is analysable as victor + -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state), and displaced Middle English siȝe, sye.
The interjection is derived from the noun.
cognates
* French victoire
* Italian vittoria
* Portuguese vitoria
* Spanish victoria
* Romanian victorie

nb...

victorye, viktori, vitorie, vittori, vittorie, vyctory, vyktorye, (Kent) fictorie, fyctorye, (Northern England) wictori, wictorie, wictorrie

suffix

Saint George and Victory; fight Souldiers, fight: […]

1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi], page 113, column 1:

Victory! Victory to the prostrate nations! / Bear witness Night, and ye mute Constellations / Who gaze on us from your crystalline cars! / Thoughts have gone forth whose powers can sleep no more! / Victory! Victory!

1817 December (indicated as 1818), Percy B[ysshe] Shelley, “Canto Fifth”, in Laon and Cythna; or, The Revolution of the Golden City: A Vision of the Nineteenth Century. […], London: […] [F]or Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, […]; and C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier, […]; by B[uchanan] M‘Millan, […], →OCLC, stanza LI, section 6, page 123:

Victory! Victory! Russia's famish'd eagles / Dare not to prey beneath the crescent's light.

1821 (date written), Percy B[ysshe] Shelley, Hellas: A Lyrical Drama, London: Charles and James Ollier […], published 1822, →OCLC, page 47:

Used to encourage someone to achieve success, or to celebrate a success or triumph.

voitto kotiin

used to encourage someone to achieve success, or to celebrate a success or triumph


oczywiście

/ɔ.t͡ʂɘˈviɕ.t͡ɕɛ/

/ɔ.t͡ʂɨˈviɕ.t͡ɕɛ/

Inherited from Old Polish oczywiście. By surface analysis, oczywisty + -ie. Compare Kashubian òczëwisce.

of course, naturally, sure, sure thing (an affirmative reply; yes; certainly)


farewell

From Middle English farewel, from fare wel! (and the variants with the personal pronoun "fare ye well" and "fare you well" used in the Renaissance), an imperative expression, possibly further derived from Old English *far wel!, equivalent to fare (“to fare, travel, journey”) + well. Compare Scots farewele, fairweill (“farewell”), Saterland Frisian Foarwäil (“farewell”), West Frisian farwol (“farewell”), German Fahrwol, Fahrwohl,
East Frisian forwal,
Dutch vaarwel (“farewell (sadly)”), Danish farvel (“farewell”), Norwegian farvel (“farewell”), Swedish farväl (“farewell”), Faroese farvæl (“goodbye”), Icelandic far vel (“farewell”). The extensive list of cognates suggests a postulated ultimate Proto-Germanic phrase of origin, possibly something akin to *far wela.

compound

He said "Farewell!" and left.

So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear.

1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

Fareweel, my rhyme-compoſing billie!
Your native ſoil was right ill-willie;
But may ye flouriſh like a lily,
Now bonilie!
I'll toaſt ye in my hindmoſt gillie,
Tho' owre the Sea!

1786 July 31, Robert Burns, “On a Scotch Bard Gone to the West Indies”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire: Printed by John Wilson, →OCLC; reprinted Kilmarnock: James McKie, March 1867, →OCLC, page 184:


tally

(US)

(Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.

(Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tally.


neat

From Middle English nete, net, nette, from Anglo-Norman neit (“good, desirable, clean”), a variant of Old French net, nette (“clean, clear, pure”), from Latin nitidus (“gleaming”), derived from nitēre (“to shine”). Doublet of net and nitid. Cognate with German nett (“nice, kind”).


Yule

From Middle English yol, youle, from Old English ġeōl (“Christmas, Yule”), either cognate with or from Old Norse jól, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą. Cognate with Gothic 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (jiuleis); see also Old English ġēola and Old Norse ýlir.

In the Countrey churches, at Christmas in the Holy-daies after Prayers, they will dance in the Church, and as they doe dance, they cry (or sing) Yole, Yole, Yole etc.

1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 5:

(obsolete) A proclamation of joy at Christmas.


OMG

An abbreviation of oh my God, although sometimes glossed using minced oaths to avoid offense. In its first attestation, also intended as a punning reference to the Order of St Michael and St George.

/ˌəʊ.ɛmˈd͡ʒiː/

/ˌoʊ.ɛmˈd͡ʒiː/

OMG, I just won tickets to a concert! Today is the best day ever!

…and then he said I was ugly, so I punched him in the face. — OMG, really?

I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the tapis—O.M.G. (Oh! My God!)—Shower it on the Admiralty!!

1917 September 9, John A.F. Fisher, letter to Winston Churchill:

10 Bands, 50 bands, 100 bands, fuck it, man / Let's just not even discuss it, man / OMG, niggas sleep, I ain't trippin', I'ma let 'em sleep

2015, “10 Bands”, in If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, performed by Drake:

(chiefly Internet slang) An exclamation of excitement, surprise, shock etc.; oh my God


OMG

Denn die Kleider gaben mehr preis, als sie verhüllten und gewährten dem Betrachter dralle Aussichten auf ihren blanken Busen und Po. OMG!

2014 October 21, Sarah, “OMG! "Reich und Schön“-Star Maitland Ward komplett nackt in durchsichtigem Kleid”, in OK! Magazin, archived from the original on 2016-02-22:

OMG! SPIEGEL? Ich sage nichts. Bitte wenden Sie sich an die Pressestelle.

2015 April 29, Mike Glindmeier, Christian Gödecke, “Fußballgott, was sollte das?”, in Spiegel Online:

OMG! Das diese beiden das gleiche Alter verbindet, hätte wohl keiner so wirklich vermutet!

2018 January 29, InTouch Redaktion, “OMG! - Diese Stars sind wirklich gleich alt!”, in InTouch:

OMG (abbreviation of oh mein Gott / oh, mein Gott / o mein Gott)


tripe

From Middle English tripe, from Old French tripe (“entrails”), of uncertain origin; possibly borrowed from Spanish tripa.

(derogatory) That (what has just been said) is untrue.


yep

Representing yeah pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Compare yup, nope, welp, and ope. Compare also German jap (“yep”).


santé

Inherited from Old French santé, from Latin sānitātem.


santé

Derived from Old French santé, from Latin sānitātem.


aap

"Aap, professori. Voldemort allatut ililluni uteqqinniarsinnaanngila? Tammavinngilarmi, ilaa?" - "Aap, Harry, tammavinngilaq. Suli arlaanniippoq..."

2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, pages 365–366:

"Yes, sir. Well, Voldemort's going to try other ways of coming back, isn't he? I mean, he hasn't gone, has he?" - "No, Harry, he has not..."


pas

Borrowed from English pass or from French passe.

(card games) A phrase indicating that the player is declining to play their turn; I pass


snap

From Dutch snappen (“to bite; seize”) or Low German snappen (“to bite; seize”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *snappōn, from Proto-Germanic *snappōną (“to snap; snatch; chatter”), intensive form of *snapāną (”to snap; grab”, whence Old Norse snapa (“to get; scrounge”)), from Proto-Indo-European *snop-; compare Lithuanian snãpas (“beak, bill”). (One alternative hypothesis links the Germanic words to *snu-, an expressive root deriving words meaning “nose”, “snout”, “sniff” etc., but this is phonetically unsound.) In any case influenced by onomatopoeia; note expressions such as snip-snap, containing the formally unrelated snip.
Cognate with West Frisian snappe (“to get; catch; snap”), German schnappen (“to grab”), Swedish snappa (“to snatch”).
The verb is derived from the noun.

gloss

”to snap; grab”, whence Old Norse <i class="Latn mention" lang="non">snapa</i> (“to get; scrounge”)

sound-symbolic

expressive

onom

onomatopoeia

cog

The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.

Snap! We've both got pink buckets and spades.

(British, Australia, by extension) "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"

(British, by extension) Used to express agreement.

I just ran over your phone with my car. —Oh, snap!

(Canada, US) Used in place of an expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.

a manóba

used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously

—Wasn't that John? —Wasn't that John? —Snap!

(British, Australia, New Zealand) Used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.


w/e

- Did you hear about what happened to John yesterday?

- w/e, I don't care.

(text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of whatever.


honour

British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.


gorblimey

Representing a Cockney pronunciation of God blind me!; traditionally, people would curse using contractions rather than breaking the third commandment (Do not use the Lord's name in vain oaths). Compare strewth, zounds, sblood.

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Expressing surprise, anger, etc.


vow

Probably originally imitative. Compare wow.

She ventur’d forward on the light:
And, vow! Tam saw an unco sight!

1790, Robert Burns, Tam O’ Shanter, published 1815:

She ventured forward into the light: And hey! Tam saw a strange sight!

exclamation of astonishment, pleasure, or admiration


cis

ouch (expression in sympathy at another’s pain)


こんにちわ

こんにちは こんにちは#Japanese


baccare

back and Latin -āre. A cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess.

Baccare! you are marvelous forward.

c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:


goshdarnit

Contraction of gosh + darn + it, euphemistic forms of God and damn. Compare goshdangit, goddammit.


damnit

(especially Southern US) Synonym of dammit


ficken

From Middle High German ficken (“to rub, solidify, strengthen”), perhaps from Old High German *fuchōn, *fuhhōn (attested in fitafuchōn, fitafuhhōn (“to yearn for, seek or solicit fornication”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to stick, sting, stab”). The interjectional use is probably a semantic loan from English fuck.

der

Ach, ficken! Jetz’ hab ich meine Jacke vergessen.

Ah, fuck! Now I forgot to take my jacket.


مرحبا

ar-interj

مَرْحَبًا • (marḥaban)

مَرْحَبًا (canonical)
marḥaban (romanization)

Maltese: merħba

Moroccan Arabic: مرحبا (marḥba)

→ Afar: marcabá

→ Northern Kurdish: merheba

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: مرحبا
Turkish: merhaba
→ Bulgarian: мерхаба́ (merhabá), ме́рхаба (mérhaba), мараба́ (marabá)
→ Macedonian: мерхаба (merhaba)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: ме̏рха̄ба
Latin script: mȅrhāba

Turkish: merhaba

desc

→ Classical Persian: مَرْحَبَا (marhabā), مَرْحَبًا (marhaban)

Tajik: марҳабо (marhabo) (rare, archaic)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: मरहबा (marhabā)

Urdu: مَرْحَبَا (marhabā)

→ Bengali: মরহাবা (môrhaba)

→ Pashto: مرحبا (marḥabā)

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਮਰਹਬਾ (marhabā)

Shahmukhi script: مرحبا (marḥabā)

→ Swahili: marahaba

→ Zazaki: merheba

Related to the verb رَحِبَ (raḥiba, “to be wide”). (The verb رَحَّبَ (raḥḥaba, “to make welcome, to receive graciously”) is derived from this term.)


مرحبا

marḥaba (romanization)
مرحبا
مرحبا بي (first-person singular)
مرحبا بنا (first-person plural)
مرحبا بَك (masculine second-person singular)
مرحبا بِك (feminine second-person singular)
مرحبا بكم (plural second-person)
مرحبا بُه (masculine singular third-person)
مرحبا بها (feminine singular third-person)
مرحبا بهم (plural third-person)

acw-prep-inflection

مرحبا بي (marḥabā bi)

مرحبا بَك (marḥabā bak)

مرحبا بِك (marḥabā bik)

مرحبا بُه (marḥabā bu)


مرحبا

ary-interj

مرحبا • (marḥba)


مرحبا

Turkish: merhaba

desc

→ Bulgarian: мерхаба́ (merhabá), ме́рхаба (mérhaba), мараба́ (marabá)

→ Macedonian: мерхаба (merhaba)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: ме̏рха̄ба

Latin script: mȅrhāba


gosh

Altered from God. First seen in 1757 as by gosh, probably from by gosse in Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister (circa 1553).

Gosh, I didn’t realize I’d cause so much trouble!

Gosh, I’d love to go to that concert!

(minced oath, euphemistic) A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.

Nicholas Udall
Ralph Roister Doister
gosh


lap

(chiefly Belgium) exclamation of dismay, disappointment


tut

Tut, tut, flytta på dig
Honk, honk, move over


alley oop

Borrowed from French allez-hop!, the cry of a circus acrobat about to leap. From allez (“go! let's go!”), 2nd-person plural or formal indicative form of aller, and hop, onomatopoeic.

I fortunately found a spark plug on the burn and got that repaired and alley oop!

1917 September 9, B.S. Walcott, letter printed in the 6 Feb. 1918 Princeton Alumni Weekly, p. 389

Allez--... --oop!
Beautiful! Great flip Mike!

1985, Kevin Eastman & al., Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. I, No. 4, page 2

‘Alley-oop,’ he said, and he lifted her out of her seat as easily as if she were a bag of laundry.

2003, Antoinette Stockenberg, A Month at the Shore, page 185:

Encouraging or calling attention to a physical performance, especially one involving an upwards lift or leap.


sigh

From Middle English sighe (“sigh”), from sighen (“to sigh”) (see [[#Etymology 1]]).

Sigh, I'm so bored at work today.

An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.

唉

expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration or the like


Jove

From Middle English Joves, from Latin Iuppiter, Iovis, from Proto-Italic *djowe-, ablative case of *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Doublet of Dyeus and Zeus.

"I promise to take care of myself. Yes; I won't take any risks. Not a single blessed risk. Of course not. I mean to hang out. Don't worry. Jove! I feel as though nothing could touch me. Why! this is luck from the word Go."

1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page xxiii. 177:


vau

Borrowed from English wow. Probably originally slang; used at least since the 1970s.


vau

(often repeated) Synonym of hau (“bark, woof”)


vau

woof (the sound a dog makes while barking)


vau

Apparently of onomatopoeic (imitative) origin.

vau, vau! Krančelis kaukdams kliedza

woof! woof! Krančelis (= dog) cried, howling


result

Recorded since 1432 as Middle English resulten, from Medieval Latin resultare, in Classical Latin "to spring forward, rebound", the frequentative of the past participle of resilio (“to rebound”), from re- (“back”) + salio (“to jump, leap”).

'Yes! Result! Game on!' He leans forward to a mike fixed over the desk and presses one of the […]

1997, Jane Owen, Camden girls, page 117:

'Yes! Result, Nick!' He heard a distant cheer. 'Right, well I'll give you a ring on Saturday, make the arrangements.

2002, Lissa Evans, Spencer's List, →ISBN, page 28:

I was lucky enough to win by a knock-out in the second round - My opponent was Tpr McAdoo - HQ squadron won by nine fights to three (21pts to 15pts) - YES! RESULT.

2006, Trooper 7H, Hong Kong Revisited, →ISBN, page 34:

(picking a lock) I wonder what I did...
(the lock opens) Hey hey, result!

2010 April 10, Amy Pond, in The Beast Below (series 5, episode 2), written by Steven Moffat

(UK) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.


Achtung

From Middle High German ahtunge (“consideration, appreciation”), from Old High German ahtunga, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtungu. By surface analysis, Acht + -ung.

inh

watch out, attention, warning or caution


dammit

(mildly vulgar) Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.


dunk

Dunk! Dunk! Dunk!

Oontz! Oontz! Oontz!


From the 1940 ten-codes devised by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO), based on an unnamed standard invented by Charles "Charlie" Hopper for the Illinois District 10 State Police in 1937 that subsequently spread to the rest of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Minnesota and documented by APCO in 1939. "Ten" was originally chosen to help novice operators fill an appropriate amount of time so that the dynamotor used to power 1930s radio transmitters could spin up to full power before the second number was transmitted. The second numbers were assigned with the aim that more useful common messages would be given smaller numbers, and similar messages would be roughly grouped into "brackets". The message "acknowledged" was expected to be extremely common and useful, and so was mapped to "four", the first available number after the three codes used to report and manage connection quality, which the committee gave highest priority.

“Are you pulling in at the next truckstop?” “That's a big 10-4 on that.”

By golly, it's clean clear to Flag Town, c'mon
Yeah, that's a big 10-4 there, Pig Pen.

1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:

Ten-four, good buddy.

Dingo: 'Look, that's just what my gut is telling me, OK?! Yon! Cure this one for me tomorrow!' / Yonny: 'Copy that, roger, ten-four, and so on. I'll begin preparing the medicine right away.'

2023 July 21, Nintendo EPD, Pikmin 4, Nintendo, level/area: Rescue Command Post:

Message received, understood, acknowledged.


الله

acw-interj

الله • (aḷḷā)

oh my God (to something beautiful and exciting)


الله

الله • (aḷḷa)


bah

Early 19th century, probably borrowed from French bah.

"To the doctor's? Bah!" said the sorceress, and spat upon the floor.

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 301:

Templeton looked over the assembled servants speculatively, then shrugged. "Bah!" he said. "They're of no use to me. Come, Andrew, a word with you upstairs."

1992, April Kihlstrom, Dangerous Masquerade:

(sometimes humorous) Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper.


bah

onomatopoeic

Exclamatory

An exclamation of disapproval, contempt or disgust: bah, yuck


bah

Not well-attested in texts, but of imitative origin nevertheless, similar to bayer (“to gape”).
Sense 2 is a denasalized version of "ben".

imitative

Bah, bah, bah !

Tu veux jouer aussi ?

Do you want to play too?

An exclamation to fill space, often used as an intensifier; well, err, um


bah

Exclamatory


bah

an exclamation of scorn, disgust, contempt


bah

Exclamatory

indicates astonishment, resignation and despise; usually used after noticing or hearing something you don't like or you don't know what to think about, to avoid commenting or giving an answer to a question


bah

(Rio Grande do Sul) Alternative form of bá


aw

Aw, that's too bad...

Used to express disappointment or dismay.

Aw, dad, why can't we go to Legoland?

Used to express mild protest, entreaty, consternation, or disapproval.

Aw, you've got such a cute baby bird!


aw

an expression of wonder, amazement, or awe

an expression of understanding, recognition, or realization


aw

(informal, colloquial) ouch (an expression of one's own physical pain)


coraggio

Borrowed from Old Occitan coratge, Old French corage.


notte

From Latin noctem, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.


добро пожаловать

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добро́ пожа́ловать!

добро́ пожа́ловать! • (dobró požálovatʹ!)

добро́ пожа́ловать ! (canonical)
dobró požálovatʹ! (romanization)

Ru-добро пожаловать.ogg


Ichabod

From Biblical Hebrew אִיכָבוֹד (ʾīḵāḇōḏ, literally “no honor”), from אִי (ʾī, “not”) + כָּבוֹד (kāḇōḏ, “honor”); alluding to 1 Samuel 4:21, where Eli’s daughter-in-law names her child Ichabod, saying ‘The glory is departed from Israel.’

der

”Better the tomb of her fathers than the dishonourable couch of the licentious and savage Templar. Ichabod! Ichabod! the glory hath departed from my house!”

Ichabod; is the glory departing from us? Under the sun is nothing baser, by all accounts and evidences, than the system of repression and corruption, of shameless dishonesty and unbelief in anything but human baseness, that we now live under.

1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets: The present time:

Except for the library, the eastern wing, from the Tower of Flints onwards, was now but a procession of forgotten and desolate relics, an Ichabod of masonry that filed silently along an avenue of dreary pine whose needles hid the sky.

1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:

Ichabod, felt Lord Emsworth, and was still in a disturbed state of mind, though gradually becoming soothed by listening to that sweetest of all music, the sound of the Empress restoring her tissues.

Expressing regret at a loss of former glory or high standards.


speaking

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

(telephony) Indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking.

на телефона

indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking


Johan

From Old Swedish Iohan or short form of Johannes (“John”). First recorded in Sweden in runes in the 11th century.

The letter "J" in the Swedish spelling alphabet


shh

From hush. Likely imitative of a non-verbal utterance. Compare Scots whisht (“hush!”).


прикол

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прико́л • (prikól)

прико́л (canonical)
prikól (romanization)


ned

East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian

From Middle High German niwiht, niweht, niht, a contracted form of Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“being, creature”), the last from Proto-Germanic *wihtą. Cognates include German nicht, Dutch niet, Yiddish ניט (nit) and נישט (nisht), English not.

Des is dei Hund, ned?

(tag question) right?; is it?; isn't it?


aiya

(China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Chinese Filipino, Chinese Australian, informal) ah; oh; exclamation of surprise, blame, dismay, shock, or fear.


pfuj

yuck, ew, phew (uttered to indicate disgust)


мяу

мя́у • (mjáu)

ко́шка мяу́кает


'sblood

Minced form of God's blood. Primarily from the Middle Ages up to the early modern era, and to a rare extent today, people would curse on God's or Christ's body parts rather than breaking the Second Commandment (not to use the Lord's name in vain oaths). In this case, the exclamation refers to Christ's blood shed during the crucifixion, and the Eucharist in the form of wine.

'Sblood, I would my face were in your belly.

c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

"'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe?"

c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

"S'blood; does that astonish you?"

1846, Alexandre Dumas, chapter 5, in William Barrow, transl., The Three Musketeers, page 62:

(archaic, minced oath) An exclamation formerly used as an oath, and an expression of anger or wonder.

palsambleu

exclamation indicating surprise or emphasis


blimey

A minced oath derived from (God) blind me (either concurrent with or from a clipping of cor blimey or gorblimey), or blame me. Compare crivvens, drat, etc.

Blimey! I didn’t see that!

Blimey! Where did you come from?

I know the chap that started the lie. There ain't no Invisible Man whatsoever—Blimey.

1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At Port Stowe”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 120:

'But, if there's room, aren't they bound to take me in?' / 'Course they are,—and, blimey, if I was you I'd make 'em. Blimey I would!'

1897 September, Richard Marsh [pseudonym; Richard Bernard Heldmann], “Outside”, in The Beetle: A Mystery, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin […], published August 1907, →OCLC, book I (The House with the Open Window), page 4:

Blimy if I don't believe 'e's taking 'ome 'is washing up his back.

1908 September, Jerome K[lapka] Jerome, “Passing of the Third Floor Back”, in Passing of the Third Floor Back, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, →OCLC, page 2:

If you're the O'Reilly, they speak of so highly, / Why blime me, O'Reilly, you're doing quite well.

1915, Harry S. Miller (lyrics and music), “Blime Me, O’Reilly (You’re Doing Quite Well) [cover title: Blime Me Mr. O’Reilly but You’re Looking Mighty Well]”, New York, N.Y.: The Cadillac Music; Springfield, Mass.; Chicago, Ill.: A. H. Goetting, →OCLC, page 5:

"Blimey," he said, "this is a bit er orl roight! Never thought yer'd be ible to tork our lingo like a blinkin' nitive. Cahm orn—let's 'op it to the kerridge!"

1919, The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women, volume IV, London: Ward, Lock and Bowden, →OCLC, page 99, column 1:

"Blimey!" he says in his rough, shepherd's voice, "blimey, but it's cruel 'ard to be chucked out of one's digs wivout a blarsted word! [...]"

1935, Kenneth [Lewis] Roberts, “For Authors Only”, in For Authors Only: And Other Gloomy Essays, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company, →OCLC, page 11:

‘Blimy, Will,’ he said confidentially.

1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, New York, N.Y.: Random House, published 2010, →ISBN:

‘Blimey,’ said Barnaby. ‘Come on, Jack, quick as you can.’ / ‘Blimey,’ said Jack. ‘Blimey blimey blimey.’

1996, Penny Vincenzi, The Dilemma, London: Headline Review, published 2007, →ISBN, page 311:

‘Blimey,’ said Laurie. ‘Is she serious? Was it something I said?’

2009, Duncan Campbell, chapter 5, in If It Bleeds, London: Headline Publishing Group, published 2011, →ISBN:

According to an Australian gunner, 'a nostalgic little new-arrival' among the Tommies asked: 'Is it true all you Aussies are volunteers?' When told that it was, '… he hesitated a moment. Then he blurted out: "Blime, choom, y' must 've 'ad a fair ——— of a 'ome-life!"'

2013, Mark Johnston, “Introduction”, in Anzacs in the Middle East: Australian Soldiers, Their Allies and the Local People in World War II, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Port Melbourne, Vic.: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 1:

(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.

ostres

used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.


mai

From Proto-Malayic *mari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.

Mai la sat, aku seghighau satgi depa tabuh aku pulak.

Please come with me for a second, I'm afraid that they might hit me.

"Mai la, hang dok takut pa, aku tak buat pa eh," kata Ali kepada kucingnya.

"Come! What are you so afraid of? I'm not gonna do anything to you," says Ali to his cat.


aló

Borrowed from French allô, originally from English hello.

(Latin America) hello (commonly used when answering the telephone)


bingo

Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925.

Used by players of bingo to claim a win.

‘Some big, hard-boiled egg meets up with a pretty face, and bingo! He cracks up and melts.’

1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 31:

Just have to pick the bfast, lunch and dinner I feel most like eating today and – bingo!

2009 February 28, Megan Ogilvie, “Flex your plan for healthier eating”, in Toronto Star:

Megamind: Boingo!
Minion: I think you mean "bingo", sir.
Megamind: That's what I said. Boingo!

2011 February 25, Alan Schoolcraft, Brent Simons, 7:35 from the start, in Simon J. Smith, director, Megamind: The Button of Doom (DVD/Blu-ray), Paramount Pictures:

(informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.

(informal) Used to enthusiastically confirm or validate another speaker's point.


bingo

bingo; expression to claim a win in bingo.

bingo; expression to indicate that a hit has been landed or that one has an idea.


bingo

bingo! (used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task)


bingo

Megamente (Cláudio Galvan): Boingo!
Criado (Mckeidy Lisita): O certo é dizer "bingo", senhor.
Megamente (Cláudio Galvan): Foi o que eu disse. Boingo!

2011 February 25, 7:55 from the start, in Pavlos Euthymiou, transl., Megamente: O Botão da Perdição [Megamind: The Button of Doom] (DVD/Blu-ray), Rio de Janeiro: Double Sound:


tanks

Respectable girl meet after mass. Tanks awfully muchly.

1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 11: Sirens]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 253:


eh

Natural exclamation; first recorded mid-16th century. Perhaps an unstressed variant of aye (“yes, yeah”).
The Philippine sense is possibly influenced by Tagalog e and/or Spanish eh.

onomatopoeic

exclamation

These hot dogs are pretty good, eh?

Well, what dost thou think then of seeing the world? Do ye wish to go round Cape Horn to see any more of it, eh? Can’t ye see the world where you stand?

(informal, chiefly Canada, Northern US, New Zealand, Australia, UK, Ireland, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Commonwealth) Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.

—I've been studying Graphiurus murinus. —Eh? Studying what?

In isolation, a request for repetition or clarification of what has just been said.

—You're going to be a dad! —Eh? You're joking!

In isolation, expressing surprise or confusion

I went to the restaurant, eh, but my friends didn't show up.

(chiefly Canada) An interjection used to ascertain the continued attention of someone addressed by the speaker.

hè

(Canada) interjection used to ascertain continued attention

—Do you feel like going out tonight?
—Eh, I don't know.

“Look, Mom; I made the real rocket, based on the macaroni prototype!” “…Eh.”

2010, Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, directors, Despicable Me:

Expressing apathy or lack of enthusiasm; meh.

—Why is it like this?
—Eh, It's like that eh.

(Philippines) Expressing apprehension following or preceding a reasoning or excuse; uh.


eh

From Hokkien 欸 (--eh) and Mandarin 欸 (ê̄ / ế / ê̌, interjection).

(Singlish, usually impolite) Hey, oi; said to get someone's attention.

Eh, please don't say that...

(uncommon) An interjection expressing disapproval.

(with rising pitch) Huh?; expresses confusion.


eh

Probably of multiple motivations, the sounds having been chosen for functional reasons.

Eh, come here!

Eh, what do you have?

E-, e-, eh, I'm on vacation / Every single day 'cause I love my occupation

(MLE, MTE, regional African-American Vernacular, Chicano) an attention grabber

(informal, Internet slang) A greeting between friends (typically male) or display of approval.


eh

indicates indifference, usually used as a reply alone: meh


eh

a particle used after names of people when calling them


eh

an interjection signifying understanding

a response used when answering a call in a feast


eh

(Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of é (“yeah”)


eh

hey! (used to call, draw attention, warn or reprehend)

uh, um (space filler in a conversation, expression of hesitation or pause in speech)


good morning

/ˌɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ/

/ˌɡʊd ˈmɔɹnɪŋ/

From Middle English gud mornynge (also as goode morne, gode morne), from Old English *gōdne morgen (“good morning”), an ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good morning", equivalent to good + morning. Compare West Frisian goeie moarn, Dutch goedemorgen, German guten Morgen, Danish god morgen, Swedish god morgon, Icelandic góðan morgunn.

inh

The teacher welcomed the kids to school with "Good morning, boys and girls."

Other rules learnt by butlers include lighting candles 15 minutes before guests enter a room, and not saying "good morning" to guests until you are 5ft away.

2019 December 15, Hugh Graham, Alice Hutton, “Milk or tea first? Charles's butlers have the answer”, in The Sunday Times, number 10,188, page 5:

Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.

уа, шьыжьы бзиа

when seeing someone for the first time in the morning

እንደምን አደርሽ

ʾəndämn ʾädärš

Thank you for coming everyone and I hope to see you again next year. Good morning.

(less common, more formal) A parting in the morning.

Up at the crack of dusk! Good morning!

(by extension, humorous) Used to greet someone who has just awakened (irrespective of the time of day).

You're just realizing that now? Good morning!

(by extension, informal) Said to someone who has come to a belated realization.


good morning

[ˌɡod̚ mʊɾˈni̞ŋ]

[ˌɡod̚ mʊɾˈneŋ]

good morning (used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning.)


igen

Probably a lexicalization of i, an early variant of the demonstrative pronoun e／ez (“this”). Possibly formed with -g／-ig (terminative suffix) (compare míg and possibly leg-) and -en (adverb-forming suffix) (compare hogyan, ígyen). In its original sense, it was probably used to express emphasis. First attested in 1266.
According to Johanson (2004), borrowed from a Turkic particle egen ~ igen “evidently, indeed, certainly”, from erken, from *er- (“to be”), although this etymology is considered less probable.


honor

From Middle English honour, honor, honur, from Anglo-Norman honour, honur, from Old French honor, from Latin honor.
Displaced Middle English menske (“honor, dignity among men”), from Old Norse menskr (“honor”).
The verb is from Middle English honouren, honuren (“to honor”).

cog

“Not a ha’porth. Different gangs and different ships. He was tried again for prison breaking, and got made a Lifer.”
“And was that—Honour!—the only time you worked out, in this part of the country?”
“The only time.”

1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations:


sniff

From Middle English sniffen, of imitative origin.

onomatopoeic

imitative

a wild boar is laughing and Obelix is crying
Wild boar classified a protected species
First reaction from dismayed costumers:
“Boohoohoo! Sniff!”

2009, Asterix and Obelix's Birthday: The Golden Book, page 28:

A short inhalation sound, sometimes associated with crying.


hika

From the same root as hili, suffixed with -ka.


mahalo

From Hawaiian mahalo, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *masalo.


mahalo

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *masalo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sadəp (compare Tagalog masarap, Malay sedap).

Mahalo nui loa.

Mahalo ā nui


huzzah

Likely originally a hoisting cry, possibly related to hoise. Compare possibly cognate Swedish hissa (“to hoist; huzzah”), Spanish izar (“to hoist”) and French Ho, hisse! (“Hey, hoist!”). First attested in the 1570s.

(nautical, dated) Used as a call for coordinated physical effort, as in hoisting.

Deposed King: 'KING KNIGHT REIGNS NO MORE? HUZZAH! NOW I CAN RULE PRIDEMOOR! HURRAH!'

2014, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope, Nintendo 3DS, level/area: Village:

(literary, poetic, archaic, sometimes humorous) Used as a cheer indicating exaltation, enjoyment or approval.


tai

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi. Compare Tagalog tae.


aka

Aka! Tyenho hokota natu.

Aka! Kaupai nutanaka!

Aka! Ata onuka natu!

Mainyataitsawi. Aka! Aka! Aka! umawi.

They struck [him] repeatedly. Ow! Ow! Ow! [he] said.

ow, ouch (expressing pain, especially sharp pain, or pain at being struck)

Aka! Takata nuutsa.

(literally, “[it] simply fell from me.”)

oh, oops (expressing startlement, embarrassment, surprise, or shock)

Aka! Pityahoma! Talukene minya aitsu!

[Said when village dogs were chasing us.]

Aka! Aminya!

oh, aah (expressing alarm, fright, shock or grief)


makar

From Greek μακάρι (makári, “if only, I wish”). Compare Romanian măcar (“at least, not even”).


hike

From English dialectal hyke (“to walk vigorously”), probably a Northern form of hitch, from Middle English hytchen, hichen, icchen (“to move, jerk, stir”). Cognate with Scots hyke (“to move with a jerk”), dialectal German hicken (“to hobble, walk with a limp”), Danish hinke (“to hop”). More at hick.

cog

Let's go; get moving. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher.


alla

From the proper noun Alla (“God”), from Arabic الله (allāh). The Arabic is not used as a common noun, for which related إلٰه (ʔilāh).

Tini il-mobajl, alla!

Oh God! (expressing shock, frustration, or anger)


今日は

今日は (canonical)
konnichiwa (romanization)

→ English: konnichiwa, konnichi wa

[kõ̞ɲ̟ːit͡ɕi β̞a̠]

From 今(こん)日(にち) (konnichi, “this day, today”) + は (wa, topic particle); shortened from expressions like the following:
* 今(こん)日(にち)は御(ご)機(き)嫌(げん)いかがですか
konnichi wa go-kigen ikaga desu ka
How are you doing today?
* 今(こん)日(にち)は良(よ)い天(てん)気(き)ですね
konnichi wa yoi tenki desu ne
It's fine weather today, isn't it?

ja-usex

今%日は御%機%嫌いかがですか

こん%にち は ご%-き%げん いかが です か

今%日は良い天%気ですね

こん%にち は よい てん%き です ね

good day, good afternoon: a Japanese greeting used in the daytime


dildo

Related to other nonsense syllables like dido and diddle(-diddle), which similarly developed sexual senses. Found since at least the 1500s, often in contexts where allusion is being made to the sexual sense (above). Possibly influenced by Middle English dildoun (“darling, pet”), early modern English dildin (“sweetheart”); compare Old Norse dilla (“to lull”), dillindo (“lullaby”).

He hath songs for man or woman, of all sizes;[…] with such delicate burthens of dildos and fadings,

c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:

Will you buy a fine dog, with a hole in his head?
With a dildo, dildo, dildo; […]

c. 1600, Thomas Morley, Will You Buy a Fine Dog?:

oh Vrsula, Vrsula pity me with a dildo, dildo, dillory?

c. 1600-1636, William Sampson, The Vow Breaker:

(obsolete) A burden: a phrase or theme that recurs at the end of a verse of a folk song.


gì

From Middle Vietnamese gì. Related to chi; cognate with Muong chi.

An interrogative expression nearly equivalent to “What?”


cheerio

/ˈtʃɪəɹ.i.əʊ/

/ˈt͡ʃɪəɹ.i.oʊ/

嗨

translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting

"In that case," said Archie, relieved, "cheerio, good luck, pip-pip, toodle-oo, and good-bye-ee! I'll be shifting!"

1921, P. G. Wodehouse, Indiscretions of Archie, ch. XIII. Rallying Round Percy:

But we all knew it wasn't the final end of the HST. This wasn't "goodbye", more like a "cheerio, see you someplace soon".

2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 50:

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Goodbye, an interjection said upon parting.

Cheerio, everybody! What a delightful gathering of charming femininity!


negative

From Middle English negative, negatif, from Old French negatif, from Latin negātīvus (“that denies, negative”), from negāre (“to deny”); see negate.

der

"Negative Marcel. No IOC. Patient has been drinking heavily, we can give him nothing for pain."

1980, Richard Louis Newmann, Siege of Orbitor, page xxiv. 93:


woo

"I got you a new cell phone." "Woo, that's great!"

(slang) Expressing joy or excitement; woohoo, yahoo.


失礼します

失礼します (canonical)
shitsurei shimasu (romanization)

[ɕi̥t͡sɨɾe̞ː ɕima̠sɨ̥]

From 失(しつ)礼(れい) (shitsurei, “rudeness”) + します (shimasu), the polite conjugation of する (suru, “do”).

失礼しました

excuse me; the past tense form, used to say in reference to past actions

お先に失礼します

please excuse me for doing something before you


אמן

he-interj

אָמֵן • (amén)

→ Classical Syriac: ܐܡܝܢ ('āmēyn)

→ Arabic: آمِينَ (ʔāmīna)

Gulf Arabic: آمين (āmin)

→ Ancient Greek: ἀμήν (amḗn)

→ Bulgarian: амин (amin)

→ Estonian: aamen

→ Finnish: aamen

→ Ge'ez: አሜን (ʾämen)

→ Latin: āmēn

→ German: Amen

→ English: amen

→ French: amen

→ Italian: amen

→ Portuguese: amém

→ Spanish: amén

→ Catalan: amén

→ Russian: ами́нь (amínʹ)

בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה לְעוֹלָם אָמֵן וְאָמֵן׃

Tanach, Psalms [[s:he:T2689#פט_נג|89:53]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

אָמַר רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ: כָּל הָעוֹנֶה אָמֵן בְּכׇל כֹּחוֹ פּוֹתְחִין לוֹ שַׁעֲרֵי גַן עֵדֶן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״פִּתְחוּ שְׁעָרִים וְיָבֹא גוֹי צַדִּיק שׁוֹמֵר אֱמוּנִים״, אַל תִּיקְרֵי ״שׁוֹמֵר אֱמוּנִים״ אֶלָּא: ״שֶׁאוֹמְרִים אָמֵן״.

a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 119b:

Resh Lakish said: anyone who answers "Amen" with all his strength, the gates of the Garden of Eden open for him, as it is said, "Open, gates, so the righteous nation may enter, guardian of faith." Don't read it as "guardian of faith" — shomér emuním — but as "those who say amen" — she'omrím amén.

amár resh lakísh: kol ha'oné amén b'khol kokhó potkhín lo sha'aré gan éden, shene'emár "pitkhú sh'arím v'yavó goy tsadík shomér emuním," al tikré "shomér emuním" éla "she'omrím amén."

Used to express agreement with what was just stated: amen


אמן

אָמן אָמן#Yiddish

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of אָמן (omeyn).


you what

(idiomatic, Commonwealth, UK, Ireland, colloquial) An intensified version of what or huh.

come again?

polite expression to get someone to repeat


malaya

From mal + haya. Similar formation to Spanish mal haya and Portuguese mal haja.

darn (used to express annoyance or unpleasant surprise)


RIP

Learned borrowing from Latin RIP (requiescat in pace) and an initialism of rest in peace.

RIP Vine. Only real ones remember.

A couple of locally owned restaurants I enjoyed in my town didn't survive covid. RIP the one Indian food place within 100 miles.

2022 October 24, u/5hrs4hrs3hrs2hrs1mor, “What is something that disappeared after the pandemic?”, in Reddit, r/AskReddit, archived from the original on 2024-06-29:

Damn my stream was lit lol rip to my twitch days YouTube here I come

2022 October 27, @cblu80, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-29:

rip lol [in response to a Twitch streamer getting banned]

2024 May 6, @TweetFrmPkmn, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-29:

Damn, RIP my original Ipad, the one that this journey started on. You will be missed 😔

2024 May 26, @ArkNemesis5, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-29:

requiescat in pace
requiescat in pace#English

requiescant in pace
requiescant in pace#English

Initialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, and rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace).

(informal, loosely, often ironic) Expressing disappointment at the fact that someone or something has come to an end or gone away.

That jumpscare is so loud! RIP headphone users.

RIP your DMs.

RIP your wood floors if he drops that like my dog drops bones.

2020 August 10, u/WhyYouLikeCats, “This good boy carries a 30-pound weight everywhere he goes as his toy”, in Reddit, r/interestingasfuck, archived from the original on 2024-06-29:

Damn just realized I ratio'd Pete pretty hard lol rip bozo

2021 November 25, @Ollie_XVX, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-29:

(I'm not sure what this person was going on about, but rip whoever you mistook me for lol)

2023 December 4, @OddOblivion, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-29:

RIP my notifications. 😑

2024 April 30, @TheBattlecock, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-29:

RIP my mentions

2024 May 31, @aziz0nomics, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-29:

RIP to the clothing company that had to change its name a few years back specifically because of this joke lmao

2024 June 6, u/AccountForDoingWORK, “Idiot decided to start yelling every night at 2 am”, in Reddit, r/mildlyinfuriating, archived from the original on 2024-06-29:

(slang, humorous, hyperbolic, often ironic) Expressing concern about something bad happening to someone or something.

I applied to dozens of companies and didn't get a single job offer, RIP.

Oops I slipped and posted some of my art rip

2022 February 7, @Bakunawaart, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-29:

rip I forgot it was orktober (it is always orktober to me) but here's a bear gorkanaut from my bear/duck themed bad moonz army. Happy orktober 2nd

2022 October 2, @BDClownFarm, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-29:

I said I was loving Unicorn Overlord and that it reminded me of Ogre Battle and Matsuno told me this lol rip

2024 March 13, @statesminds, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-29:

(slang, loosely) Expressing mild disappointment or embarrassment.

RIP, my dear friend.

But Sandor shoves his knife through his brother’s head, and when that doesn’t stop him, he sacrifices himself to kill his sibling, knocking them from the tower and plunging into the blazing fire below. R.I.P., Sandor Clegane and your malevolent brother.

2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2019-05-15:

requiescat in pace

(derogatory) Initialism of rest in piss.


טוב

head

טוֹב • (tov)

From Proto-Semitic *ṭāb- (“good”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒁕𒁍𒌝 (ṭābum) and Arabic طَيِّب (ṭayyib).


wassup

(chiefly US, slang) what's up? (as a greeting)


fore

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

(golf) An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.

fore

in golf: yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction


howdy

Sranan Tongo: odi

Shortened form of "how d'ye (do)" (i.e. how do you do).

Howdy folks, and welcome to our ninth annual chili cookoff!

(chiefly Texas, informal) An informal greeting.


throw up

The vomit sense is a clipping of throw up one's accounts (18th century), from earlier idiom cast up one's accounts (15th century).

"Oh, throw up," thought Rayne. "Don't say they've taken a fancy to each other."

Oh, throw up. Really? Since when does Hannah need to be rescued by anyone for anything?

2018, Hillary Homzie, Apple Pie Promises, Sky Pony Press:

Oh throw up... Biden & Harris are both losers.

Oh throw up. Pringle is better than Hardman. Chiefs done for a long ass time

(dismissal) Used as an expression of frustration or to dismiss a conversation partner.


Entschuldigung

/ɛntˈʃʊldiɡʊŋ/

entschuldige

(excuse me, pardon): Verzeihung, pardon; addressing a single person

excuse me (request for someone's attention)


お願いします

ja-pos

お願(ねが)いします • (onegai shimasu) ^(←おねがひします (onegafi simasu)?)

お願いします (canonical)
onegai shimasu (romanization)
onegafi simasu (romanization)
おねがひします (hiragana historical)

From お (o-) + 願(ねが)う (negau, “request, implore”) + します (shimasu, a polite honorific (丁(てい)寧(ねい)語(ご) (teineigo)) formula used to show respect to the hearer). The latter portion is the formal or socially distanced form of する (suru). See also ます (-masu, suffix).

ja-compound

真相を話してください。お願いします。

Shinsō o hanashite kudasai. Onegai shimasu.


ratio

/ˈɹeɪ.ʃi.əʊ/

/ˈɹeɪ.ʃiˌoʊ/

Borrowed from Latin ratiō. Doublet of ration and reason.

L + ratio

"Ratio. YoungBoy is better." "What?" "Make better music. You fell off."

(neologism, Twitter) Indicates disagreement with a post the user disagrees with or dislikes.


oy

Borrowed from Yiddish אוי (oy, “oh, oy”).

An exclamation typically expressing mild frustration or expressing feelings of uncertainty or concern.


oy

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative spelling of oi (“hey, hi, yo”)


oy

Probably a natural expression, as may be inferred from its presence with similar meaning in many other unrelated languages: English hey, Mandarin 哎 (āi), Latin eia, Czech ahoj, and Yiddish אוי (oy, “oh, oy”).

Oy, tingnan n'yo 'to!

(colloquial, informal) Alternative form of hoy: expression used to call the attention of somebody: hey!

hoy

Oy! 'Wag!

(colloquial, informal) Alternative form of hoy: expression used as a warning or as a protest: hey!

hoy

Oy! Kamusta?

(colloquial, informal) an informal greeting: hey!

Oy! Bago 'to ah!

(colloquial, informal) an expression of surprise: hey!


qujannamiik

ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ#Inuktitut


mush

Believed to be a contraction of mush on, from Michif, in turn a corruption of French marchons! and marche!, the cry of the voyageurs and coureurs de bois to their dogs.

"An' of course the dogs can hike along all day with that contraption behind them," affirmed a second of the men. / "Certainly," said Hal, with freezing politeness, taking hold of the gee-pole with one hand and swinging his whip from the other. "Mush!" he shouted. "Mush on there!" / The dogs sprang against the breast-bands, strained hard for a few moments, then relaxed. They were unable to move the sled.

1903 July, Jack London, “The Toil of Trace and Trail”, in The Call of the Wild, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, pages 130–131:

A directive given (usually to dogs or a horse) to start moving, or to move faster.


muu

(onomatopoeia) moo (a sound made by a cow)


dai

an expression of encouragement; come on!


zitto

Onomatopoeic. Compare Sicilian zittu and zittìrisi.


get lost

(colloquial, dismissal, impolite) Used to rudely tell somebody to go away or leave one alone.


fi

LL-Q143 (epo)-Robin van der Vliet-fi.wav

From French fi, Latin fī. Compare German pfui.

"Jes, mi frapis mian frateton kaj mi ne bedaŭras ĝin!" "Ho, fi!"

"Yes, I hit my little brother and I'm not sorry about it!" "Oh, for shame!"

Fi al vi!


fi

(rare, literary) yuck, ugh, boo (expression of disgust or contempt, sometimes like a symbolic spitting)


fi

English: fy, fie

Esperanto: fi

Fi, fi fetet!

pah!, pooh!, foh!, bah!, an expression of disgust


bá

(Rio Grande do Sul) expression of surprise


good evening

An ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good evening.".

Good evening everyone and welcome to our 34th annual general meeting.

(generally formal in US, Canada) Used as a greeting in the evening.

ܪܲܡܫܘܼܟ݂ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ

ramšūḵ brīḵā

ܪܲܡܫܵܟ݂ܝ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ

ramšāḵ brīḵā

ܪܲܡܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ

ramšāwḵōn brīḵā


hardly

From Middle English hardely, hardliche, from Old English heardlīċe (“boldly; hardily; without ease; in a way that causes pain; not easily; only by degrees”), equivalent to hard + -ly. Compare Dutch hardelijk, German härtlich.

inh

I think the Beatles are a really overrated band. ― Hardly!


howzat

(cricket) The cry used by members of the fielding team to make an appeal to the umpire.


warning

Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.


ii

Ii, qainiaqtuŋa.


hum

From Middle English hummen (“to hum, buzz, drone, make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment”); akin to Dutch hommelen (“to bumble, buzz”), dialectal Dutch hommen (“to buzz, hum”), Middle High German hummen (“to hum”), probably ultimately of imitative origin.

onomatopoeic

imitative

Hum! hum! What's all this?

1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Baker Street Irregulars”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 157:

Synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c.

hmm

Ah, now this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves.

1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, →OCLC, section I, page 19:

Synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c.


hum

Onomatopoeia

uttering to attract attention, without literal meaning


hum

Expressive onomatopoeia; possible descent in ancient Latin or Frankish interjections.

onomatopoeia


prego

(after being thanked) you're welcome, don't mention it etc.

(in response to a request) yes, of course

(when walking or opening doors) after you, please, you first


based

A reference to freebase cocaine, via basehead. Coined by American rapper from California Lil B to describe his lifestyle.

coinage

—There is no ethics in communism—Based.

(Internet slang, sometimes humorous) Indicating emphatic approval of a statement or opinion, often a controversial or unpopular one.


oh my heck

(US, Mormonism, euphemistic) for "Hell" from "Oh my hell" or "Oh hell!"


meh

Popularized by the American television show The Simpsons; first used on the show in the episode titled "Sideshow Bob Roberts" (1994).
Possibly ultimately from Yiddish מע (me, “so-so”). First attested in 1928.

“What do you want for dinner?” — “Meh. I’m not really hungry.”

“That film was awesome!” — “Meh. I’ve seen better.”

Marge: [weaving on a loom] “Hi Bart, I’m weaving on a loom!”
Bart: “Meh”.

1995 March 19, “Lisa's Wedding”, in The Simpsons:

Scientists say that while the public may think of the moon as a problem solved and a bit retro – the place astronauts visited a half-dozen times way back before Watergate and then abandoned with a giant "meh" from mankind – in fact, lunar studies is a vibrant enterprise that is yielding a wealth of surprises.

2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times:

(slang) Expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm.

hm

slang: expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm


meh

'Mehh,' they say to the ewes, and the ewes answer, ¶ 'Meeehh.' ¶ 'Mheh.' ¶ 'Meh-meh.'

2017, Amanda Craig, The Lie of the Land, London: Little, Brown, →ISBN, page 318:

Cookie was bouncing around stacks of brightly colored tires, mehhing happily, while Scal stood on one end of a teeter-totter like he was king of the world.

2020, Heather Blake, A Witch to Remember, New York, N.Y.: Crooked Lane, →ISBN, page 139:

A bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat.


naw

In Scottish use, from Scots naw, naa, na, from Middle English na, from Old English nā (“no, never”). More generally, a colloquial, unarticulated form of no; compare nah. More at no.

"Naw, no trouble. Just pulled off the road for about ten minutes, maybe, when a couple of Nip fighters banked overhead. They were after something or other." "Is that right?" Mac replied.

2003, Anton F. Bilek, Tony Bilek, Gene O'Connell, No Uncle Sam: The Forgotten of Bataan, Kent State University Press, →ISBN, page 31:

'Naw, hen, sorry. Ye're too young for us. Come back when you've got a couple mair years under yer belt, eh?'

“Naw, no thanks. I'll catch you next time.” “Come on, Shane. All you do is work, work, and work. You need to have a little fun, don't you?” “Right now, I'm having a lot of fun. Trust me.” “Do you have company?” “No, I'm painting.”

2012 November 1, Brenda Hampton, Naughty No More, Urban Books, →ISBN:

(Jamaica) Pronunciation spelling of not.


allo

Alternative spelling of 'allo (“hello”).


bye

→ Afrikaans: baai

→ Greenlandic: baj

→ Faroese: bei

→ Icelandic: bæ

“Okay, busted. But you see all them muscles, girl?” She shakes her head, laughing. “Nope. I only have eyes for my boo.” “Girl, bye. You can still look.” She giggles. “Well, I ain’t lookin’ hard, trust.[…]”

2015, Amir Abrams, Diva Rules, Dafina Books, →ISBN, page 151:

Rowlings-Blake responded: "Girl bye, if he can't take criticism from 'a joke', what's he gonna do when somebody real comes for him? #notready"

2016 August 7, Susan Edelman, C.J. Sullivan, Bruce Golding, “Trump supporter’s sign gets torched”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-05:

Her jeans don't even got the loops for her damn belt LMFAO bye 😭

2021 February 18, @mi55fatima, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-20:

"i wish to get back a couple of katycats that left my side" bye did she really say this..its so sad i love her sm 😢😔

2021 December 20, @kplightning, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-20:

"I just want Johnny to leave me alone." Girl, bye. Control your lap dog.

2023 July 11, @KimcastCares, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-20:

(African-American Vernacular, slang) An exclamation of disbelief or dismissal.


bye

Allez bye ! À la revoyure.


jó

From Proto-Ugric *jomɜ ~ *jamɜ (“good”). Cognates include Northern Mansi ёмас (ëmas, “good, right, nice”) and possibly also Erzya ён (jon, “good, right, nice”).


jó

Jó, nizhóní!

Jó, ákótʼé.


viola

And viola, Eureka California! I have finished my greatest invention: the worst dog in the world!

1988, “Hey Vern, It's Pets”, in Hey, Vern, It's Ernest! (television production), spoken by Dr. Otto (Jim Varney):

[...] ; you fill out a form; you write your check; and viola! You're a mutual fund shareholder.

(often humorous) Misconstruction of voila.


fitta

At least used since the early 16th century and probably much older. Of disputed origin: possibly related to Old Norse fita (“greasy fluid, fat”) or Old Norse fit (“meadowy plain adjacent to lake, wet grassland”) or Old Norse fitje (“rift in rock, cliff”). Most likely related to, if not derived from, the equivalent Old Norse fuð (“cunt, vagina, vulva”). Akin to: Norwegian fitte, Danish fisse, German Fotze, Scots fud, Finnish vittu, Estonian vitt.


dovere

Grazie! — Dovere.

Dismisses gratitude by clarifying one acted for one's duty rather than for kindness.


ευχαριστώ

head

ευχαριστώ • (efcharistó)

→ Aromanian: haristo

EL-ευχαριστώ.ogg

ευ‧χα‧ρι‧στώ

From Koine Greek εὐχαριστῶ (eukharistô), contracted form of εὐχαριστέω (eukharistéō).

thank you!, thanks! (first-person singular of verb)


basta

Baſta, content thee: for I haue it full.

c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 212, column 1:

(obsolete outside Spanish/Portuguese/Italian contexts) (that's) enough; stop!


basta

Borrowed from Spanish basta, from Vulgar Latin *bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō).

used in a refusal to provide a full answer to a question

enough!, (I'm) not hearing anymore of this!, (I'm) not listening anymore!


basta

→ Icelandic: punktur og basta

Vi tager til Bern, og dermed basta.

my decision is final, and I will debate no further


basta

¡Basta, basta! Vosté é sorteira, tía Suíña. Ben sabe que esas meiguerías son carocas que Dios condena. Peca quen as usa, e peca moito máis quen as espende.

1922, Armando Cotarelo Valledor, Trebón:

«Stop, stop! You a sorceress, aunt Suíña. You know well that those witcheries are blatant lies that God condemns. Whoever uses them sins, and sins even more whoever deals them.»


basta

Und damit basta!


basta

Ora basta! Adesso basta!

basta così?


basta

Basta! Saia daqui agora!


basta

bastá (canonical)
basta (canonical)
ᜊᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)

Bakit ka nandito? Basta!

none of your business
none of your business

used to react when one refuses to give an explanation: just because!; none of your business!; no need to ask!; whatever!

Ay, basta! Nakakainis talaga siya!

used to react to one's sudden loss for words during an explanation


pistol

expressing anger, surprise, excitement, etc.


mis

From Proto-Finnic *mi. The irregular nominative suffix is from the pronoun see (“this, it”). Compare the suffix in Finnish mikä, Erzya мезе (meźe) (from *mi + *śe).

Mis! See on hämmastav.


addio

→ Greek: αντίο (antío)

→ Romanian: adio

→ Serbo-Croatian: adio, адио

→ Slovene: adȋjo

From a Dio (“to God”), from Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). Compare Aragonese, Asturian, Extremaduran, and Spanish adiós; Catalan adeu; Dutch ajuus; English, French, and Occitan adieu; German tschüss; Greek αντίο (antío); Galician and Portuguese adeus; Maltese addiju; Mirandese adius; Romanian adio; Serbo-Croatian ади̏о/adȉo; Slovene adȋjo.

cog

Addio per sempre!


Mississippi

Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”).

Any reader who uses the old “One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, etc.” method to estimate distance to a storm, and doesn't get any further than a count of five to eight had better be in a safe shelter.

1996 September, “Cheers & Jeers”, in Field and Stream, volume 101, page 12:

Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.


fort

Inherited from Latin fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).

der

expresses approval of a punishment or misfortune suffered by another


fort

(Chełmno-Dobrzyń) away! (leave from here!)


まこと

From Old Japanese. Originally from 真 (ma-, “truth”) + こと (koto, “thing”).
First appears in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE in sense 2.

used for recalling information previously forgotten or sudden change of subjects: that's right


bosh

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوش (boş, “empty, unoccupied”). Entered popular usage in English from the novels of James Justinian Morier.

bor

"Bosh!" said the Vicar, rejecting the hint altogether.

1904, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter 1, in The Food of the Gods:

“The people who wrote the mediaeval ballads,” answered the priest, “knew more about fairies than you do. It isn’t only nice things that happen in fairyland.”
“Oh, bosh!” said Flambeau. “Only nice things could happen under such an innocent moon. I am for pushing on now and seeing what does really come. We may die and rot before we ever see again such a moon or such a mood.”

1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Sins of Prince Saradine”, in The Innocence of Father Brown:

(chiefly British) An expression of disbelief or annoyance.