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whoop whoop (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 48 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The Midwestern varieties actually say "ope.."

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I’m almost certain “ope” is a clipped version of “whoops” anyway

[–] Mango 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Is whoops fancy for oops?

[–] PriorityMotif 3 points 5 months ago

Oopsie uWu poosie

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

They’re basically synonyms and I’m not sure which one came first

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You're absolutely right. When I ope about I am 100% saying "Whoop..", but it's clipped down to nothing. It's like a word with a silent letter in it. I'll say "column", and feel the N in my mouth when I speak, but we both know it isn't really there.

I live in Alberta now and am dealing with the conundrum of using "ope", "sorry", and "just gonna sneak on by..."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Just gonna squeeeeeze right past ya there.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

This is the second best news I've seen all week.

[–] spicytuna62 11 points 5 months ago

Bees are all midwesterners confirmed.

[–] Rayspekt 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So I looked up the article and thankfully there is an embedded SoundCloud track up the bees whooping. It's goddamn adorable.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2121275-honeybees-let-out-a-whoop-when-they-bump-into-each-other/

[–] thejoker954 4 points 5 months ago

Holy shit, it really is super adorable lol.

I would happily watch a long video of the bees bumping and whooping.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wait. This means all bees are juggalos. Are they also drinking fanta and wondering how magnets work?

[–] llamapants 7 points 5 months ago

Canadian bees let out a "whoop, I'm just gonna scooch on by ya"

[–] Anticorp 4 points 5 months ago

That was also the sound of Gen X bumping at the nightclub in their 20's.

[–] Old_Fat_White_Guy 4 points 5 months ago

TIL that honey bees are Juggalos...whoop whoop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I say whoop whoop when I'm bumping as well

[–] Rolando 2 points 5 months ago

MMFCL!