orh hor
[ˈɔː˨ ˈhɔːː˧˦˨]
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
An interjection expressing disapproval, used to tease someone who has done something wrong, subsequently getting themselves into trouble.
Colloquial; Humorous
Example Sentences
- "When I was done, I turned to him and did that finger pointing 'orh-hor' motion and he mouthed 'sorry, sorry' and bowed a little."
- "We are basically aunties on the “orh hor” bandwagon who name and shame."
- "Over a work lunch, I conducted a casual experiment and recorded a grand total of 7 fucks given in the span of an hour. So to many Singaporean Chinese youth, the first response by Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam felt like a father chiding a child: “Orh hor, you say four-letter word!” […]"
- "Children sometimes know that making fun of someone on the basis of their race is wrong, and other children might jump in with, "Orh hor, racist," to intervene or signal to the offender that they had gone off-limits."
Etymology
Possibly from Hokkien 嗚呼 /呜呼 (o͘-ho͘, “used to express condolences in funeral orations; (euphemistic) to die, to pass away”).
Word Breakdown
- Root: 嗚呼