whoopsie-daisy
whoopsie-daisy interjection: used to acknowledge a mistake.
Interjection
- Used to acknowledge a mistake.
Noun
whoopsie-daisy (plural whoopsie-daisies)
- An accident or a mistake.
- “Baron, stop! It was just a mix-em-up!” “A whoopsie-daisy!” [Nandor yells] “Stay out of this!” [both yelling]2023 August 24, Sarah Naftalis & Lauren Wells, “The Roast” (11:36 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 8, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou)
- “I promise you, Stupe, this wasn't the plan, but it is what it is.” “It's called turning a whoopsie-daisy into an oops-ortunity.”2024 December 8, Raza Syed, “Shlub$” (7:30 from the start), in Krapopolis, season 2, episode 8, spoken by Foon-Foon (Khary Payton)
- Synonyms:
- whoops-a-daisy, whoopsy-daisy, whoops, oops, whoopsy, whoopsie, whoopsie-doodle
Synonyms of whoopsie-daisy
Forms of whoopsie-daisy
| plural | whoopsie-daisies |
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Origin of whoopsie-daisy
From whoopsie + daisy. Mispronunciation of upsadaisy.
Questions about whoopsie-daisy
- What does whoopsie-daisy mean?
- Whoopsie-daisy means used to acknowledge a mistake.
- What part of speech is whoopsie-daisy?
- Whoopsie-daisy can be an interjection or a noun.
Words near whoopsie-daisy in the dictionary
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