- Meaning of the phrase womp womp in American English?
The "womp womp" or "womp womp womp womp" sound affect seems to be part of whatever sound effects and music library is widely used in making lots of the amateur low-budget kids videos on YouTube, and probably ships as part of the standard effects library in some popular video production application
- Fail trumpet onomatopoeia - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The most common ways I've seen are writing out the words: sad trombone : ( trombone Or to use the onomatopoeic Wah, Wah, Wah, Wahhhhhhh … Womp, Womp, Womp, Wommmmmp… (at the behest of several commenters) Or to combine them: sad trombone: wah, wah, wah, wahhhhh …
- etymology - What is the origin of cattywampus - English Language . . .
Idiom The trucks were parked cattywampus in the lot Other spelling, catawampus
- Is there an idiom or typical expression for an unfunny joke?
Yet a third approach, sometimes when a joke is just terrible, some people (for example I have a friend who does this all the time) just respond by saying " womp womp " which is meant to reflect the following sound made by a trumpet, tuba, trombone or other such brass instrument: womp womp Which is often a shortened version of this:
- What exactly does tally ho mean? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I heard this tally ho in a youtube video (British) I also heard it in the movies "Jack the Giant Slayer", and "Spiderman 1" I understand it's some kind of expression or exclamation or idiom to sa
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