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- 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 name "womp womp" to me conjures up a different sound [not sure where to most easily find it] which smears the first three notes together [it's a trombone after all] – supercat Commented Jun 22, 2018 at 15:16
- etymology - What is the origin of cattywampus - English Language . . .
Early occurrences of 'catawampus' and its variants in the wild The earliest instance of the spelling catawampus in Elephind search results is from "A Few Days in the Diggings" (an article about the California Gold Rush) in the [Springfield] Illinois Daily Journal (February 24, 1849):
- Why is victuals pronounced vittles? - English Language Usage . . .
This doesn't make sense to me Is it just laziness? From Dictionary com: Word Origin History victuals c 1300, vitaylle (singular), from Anglo-Fr and O Fr vitaille, from L L victualia "provisions," noun use of plural of victualis "of nourishment," from victus "livelihood, food, sustenance," from base of vivere "to live" (see vital)
- Meaning of tapped on the shoulder - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I am a native French speaker and I do work as a translator in the legal field, and literature (mainly fantasy) I need an explanation for ‘tapped on the shoulder’: As for full-time appointments, the
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