oooooo.

interj.  the sound of a feigned swooning.

<Mrs. Valentine Biggs put fingertips to brow and said, “Oooooo,” seeming about to swoon in the manner of Scarlett O’Hara.  —Jon Hassler, Simon’s Night.> <Oooooo!  Mercy me, I do believe I’ll faint!  —Vicki Grove, The Starplace.>

n.  a sound of “fawning admiration,” as in Suitably Modern: Making Middle-Class Culture in a New Consumer Society by Mark Liechty.

OOOOOO.

n.  lots of hugs, as written at the bottom of a letter, usually alongside XXXXXX (kisses), as discussed in Brief Encounters by Emily Coleman.

OOoooo.

n.  the rush felt by a junkie who has just shot up.

<OOoooo then the delicious itches began instantaneously all over—not just my nose, but in my chin, cheeks, eyes, head, body—rush after rush of leaden breath pressure annihilating the solar plexus.  —Jan Kerouac, Baby Driver.>

oooooo ooooo.

interj.  a wail of wanton depravity.

<The aide was the first to break the silence in the banquet room.  “Oooooo, ooooo,” he wailed, “hit me, beat me, make me write bad checks!“  —Christine Wiltz, The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld.>

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