whoopsies
English
Etymology 1
From whoopsie / whoopsy + -s.
Noun
whoopsies
Etymology 2
Interjection
whoopsies
- (colloquial) Whoops.
- 2013, G. M. Berrow, “Pinkie Pie in the Sky”, in Pinkie Pie and the Rockin’ Ponypalooza Party! (My Little Pony), New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 115:
- “You betcha-wetcha, Fluttershy!” Pinkie yelled into her megaphone. It was so loud that it caused Fluttershy’s pink hair to blow backward in a gust of wind. Fluttershy winced. “Whoopsies!” Pinkie giggled, moving the megaphone away from her face. “Sorry, got a little carried away!”
- 2014, C.E. Danielson, “They Put Me in the Cuckoo Bin”, in The Misfortune, Manifestation, and Revelation of Onesiphorus Wood, Kila, Mont.: Double Son Publishing, →ISBN, page 86:
- A wet, sloppy, hairy thing hit me smack in the face. She flipped on the light and shut the door behind us. “Oh, whoopsies! Sorry, let me get that for you.” She pulled a mop off of my face.
- 2016, Kazuma Kamachi, translated by Andrew Prowse and , “Stadium of Sorcerer and Esper”, in A Certain Magical Index, volume 9, New York, N.Y.: Yen On, →ISBN, section 6:
- This time, as he lowered his head, it suddenly ran into something soft. […] The woman he bumped into, though, went “Whoopsies,” and didn’t seem to mind it very much.
- 2024, Nathaniel Max, “The Psych Ward”, in Endure, London: Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN:
- Staff leave boxes of pills on your bed, / The stupid people never check the bags, / They leave you alone instead! / You fight, / You battle, / A war inside your head. / The staff return, / “Oh whoopsies I left these on your bed!”