oooooo.

interj.  an expression of “feigned awe,” as in Robin Cousins by Martha Lowder Kimball.


interj.  an expression of a sudden revelation.

<Oooooo, now that’s a plus I hadn’t considered.  —Timothy Wade Huntley, Earthgame.>

interj.  an expression of awe, as when marveling over the abilities of a gifted individual.

<When I told people I was writing a book on self-esteem they looked at me with awe and said, “Oooooo!” and sighed deeply like I possessed some cherished gift.  —Lindsey Hall, Self-Esteem Tools for Recovery.>

interj.  the desolate cry of uniform buildings which are constructed side by side in a monotonous fashion, out of harmony with their surroundings.

<If buildings are the letters of the alphabet they are not used to make coherent words but to utter the desolate cries of AAAAA!  Or OOOOOO!  —Gordon Cullen, qtd. in Architectures: Modernish and After by Andrew Ballantyne.>

interj.  the moan of a bellyache from “stinkin’ meatballs” in the play Not About Nightingales by Tennessee Williams.


interj.  the mocking voice of a higher power speaking through a channel, as in response to a howling for help.

<One of the gods spoke back through Bellarose: “Oooooo!  Bubble bubble, toil and nothin’ but trouble!”  —Vance Cornell, Indian Summer: The Return of the Myth of the Running Man.>

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