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"etymology_text": "Scandinavian-American slang.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "offda",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "oofda",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "uffda",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "uff da",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
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},
{
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"name": "Upper Midwestern US English",
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}
],
"examples": [
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1,
6
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],
"ref": "2004, Janet Elaine Smith, A Lumberjack Christmas, page 16:",
"text": "\"Oofta! I've long ago forgotten it.\"",
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"ref": "2024 October 21, Paul Simms, “The Return of Jerry” (4:06 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 6, episode 1, spoken by Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak):",
"text": "“Ooh, uffda.”",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A mild expression of error, dismay, or concern (often in a comical sense)."
],
"id": "en-oofta-en-intj-f5A~uQwm",
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[
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"dismay"
],
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"concern"
]
],
"qualifier": "Upper Midwestern US",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Upper Midwestern US) 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": "oofta"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Scandinavian-American slang.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "offda",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "oofda",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "uffda",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "uff da",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
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"pos": "intj",
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English terms with quotations",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Requests for pronunciation in English entries",
"Upper Midwestern US English"
],
"examples": [
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1,
6
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],
"ref": "2004, Janet Elaine Smith, A Lumberjack Christmas, page 16:",
"text": "\"Oofta! I've long ago forgotten it.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
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[
6,
11
]
],
"ref": "2024 October 21, Paul Simms, “The Return of Jerry” (4:06 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 6, episode 1, spoken by Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak):",
"text": "“Ooh, uffda.”",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A mild expression of error, dismay, or concern (often in a comical sense)."
],
"links": [
[
"error",
"error"
],
[
"dismay",
"dismay"
],
[
"concern",
"concern"
]
],
"qualifier": "Upper Midwestern US",
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"(Upper Midwestern US) 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": "oofta"
}
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