uh-oh, Spaghetti-O

English

Etymology

Advertising campaign for SpaghettiOs, an American brand of canned spaghetti rings.

Interjection

uh-oh, Spaghetti-O

1. (US, humorous) Uh-oh.
   • 1987, Ellen Frye, Look under the hawthorn:

     "Uh-oh, spaghetti-o!" She retreated a couple of steps. "Guess I'm in for it now."

   • 2001, John Treadwell Nichols, The voice of the butterfly:

     Mary clucked, "Uh-oh, spaghetti-o." I raced to the bathroom door, kicked it open . . . and stopped dead in my tracks. Ai, talk about squalid scenes!

   • 2005, Erik Grayson, A mind of summer: post-punk dispatches from a post-structuralist world:

     Uh-oh, Spaghetti-ohs. You sunk my battleship. But wait!

   • 2006, Jack Myers, Row House Blues:

     Uh oh, Spaghetti-O. We exchange places. Bobby walks up to the pole, bends over, sets himself, and gets a good grip.