Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

r/woooosh

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
r/-woooosh
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Synonym of whoosh.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From r/woooosh, a subreddit (discussion forum) on the American social news aggregation and discussion website Reddit in which Redditors post about Internet users who misinterpreted sarcastic statements as earnest, i.e. the joke went over their head. The subreddit name is thus taken from the onomatopoeia whoosh, representing the sound of a joke ostensibly flying over one's head. On Reddit, subreddits can be converted into hyperlinks by typing out their name in full, preceded by r/.

Inflected Forms

r/woosh (alternative) r/whoosh (alternative, misspelling)

Synonyms

Questions

What does r/woooosh mean?
Synonym of whoosh.
Where does r/woooosh come from?
From r/woooosh, a subreddit (discussion forum) on the American social news aggregation and discussion website Reddit in which Redditors post about Internet users who misinterpreted sarcastic statements as earnest, i.e. the joke went over their head. The subreddit name is thus taken from the onomatopoeia whoosh, representing the sound of a joke ostensibly flying over one's head. On Reddit, subreddits can be converted into hyperlinks by typing out their name in full, preceded by r/.

How to pronounce r/woooosh

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