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"etymology_text": "Scandinavian-American slang.",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
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},
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2004, Janet Elaine Smith, A Lumberjack Christmas, page 16",
"text": "\"Oofta! I've long ago forgotten it.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A mild expression of error, dismay, or concern (often in a comical sense)."
],
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]
],
"qualifier": "chiefly upper midwest",
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, chiefly upper midwest) A mild expression of error, dismay, or concern (often in a comical sense)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "good grief"
},
{
"word": "oh no"
},
{
"word": "oi"
},
{
"word": "oy vey"
},
{
"word": "uh oh"
},
{
"word": "holy smokes"
},
{
"word": "offda"
},
{
"word": "oofda"
},
{
"word": "uffda"
},
{
"word": "uff da"
}
],
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"word": "oofta"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Scandinavian-American slang.",
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"A mild expression of error, dismay, or concern (often in a comical sense)."
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"(US, chiefly upper midwest) A mild expression of error, dismay, or concern (often in a comical sense)."
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"word": "good grief"
},
{
"word": "oh no"
},
{
"word": "oi"
},
{
"word": "oy vey"
},
{
"word": "uh oh"
},
{
"word": "holy smokes"
},
{
"word": "offda"
},
{
"word": "oofda"
},
{
"word": "uffda"
},
{
"word": "uff da"
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"word": "oofta"
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