whoopsy
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Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Interjection[edit]
whoopsy
Noun[edit]
whoopsy (plural whoopsies)
- (informal) A mistake or blunder.
- (British, childish) Urination, or a piece of excrement.
- Ooh, Betty, the cat's done a whoopsy on the carpet!
- (British, slang) A homosexual man, especially one with camp mannerisms.
Alternative forms[edit]
- whoopsie (all senses)
Adjective[edit]
whoopsy (comparative more whoopsy, superlative most whoopsy)
- (informal) woozy; disoriented; queasy
- 1999, Stephen King, The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon, page 40:
- She felt headachy and a little whoopsy in her stomach.
- 2014, Ellen Miles, The Puppy Place #34: Zipper:
- She'd forgotten that reading in cars always made her tummy feel a little whoopsy. Now, as she sat in the backseat and they swooped through turn after turn, her tummy felt a lot whoopsy. She closed her eyes. That didn't help at all.