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oops

noun as in interjection

noun as in ouch

Weak matches

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“Miss L, it was awfully clever of you to suggest we brew it in here, among the chickens. You can hardly smell the castor oil, or the rancid cheese, or the unwashed socks—Oops! Forget I said that. Here, let’s have another look.”

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“We’d put in our bids at the offering prices. They’d call back and say, ‘Oops, you almost got it!’

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And then, this past week, it had to come forward and say: Oops, one little correction.

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Elsewhere, Paris Hilton recreated the famous look from Britney Spears's music video for Oops!...

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Appeared in the October 23, 2025, print edition as 'Oops, I’ve Had a Nazi Tattoo for 18 Years'.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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