oooo ooee eeeee.

n.  an expression of “the very pain of existence and the anguish of alienation from which music sets us free,” in the lyrics to “I Just Can’t Be Satisfied” by Muddy Waters, transcribed by Paul Gordon in Tragedy After Nietzsche: Rapturous Superabundance.

oooo oooo.

n.  a grievous moan, as in Paul by Walter Wangerin Jr.; see also oooo.


n.  a negative response.

<He scowled, shaking his head no.  “Oooo, oooo,” he growled.  —Ben Mikaelsen, Petey.>

Oooo Ooooo Ooooooooo.

n.  Tarzan’s yell, as described in “Marketplace” by Bhavna S. Doegar.

oooo-ee.

n.  a short, forlorn whistle of a train, as in the blues song “Blues in the Night” by Harold Arlen; see oooo-ee-a-oooo-ee.

oooo-ee-a-oooo-ee.

n.  the forlorn whistle of a train, reminiscent of a blues song melody.

<Now the rain’s a fallin’, hear the train a callin’, oooo-ee / Hear the lonesome whistle blowin’ ‘cross the trestle, oooo-ee / Oooo-ee-a-oooo-ee, ol’ clickety-clack / Comes echoing back the blues in the night.  —Harold Arlen, “Blues in the Night.”>

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