oopsy
nounEtymology From oops + -y (diminutive suffix). The verb is from the noun.
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Childish A mistake; often when babies and young children soil their pants.
Very colloquial
- I have made an oopsy.
oopsy
intj/ˈuːpsi/ · /ˈʊpsi/
Etymology From oops + -y (suffix forming colloquialisms).
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Colloquial Synonym of oops.
- "Oopsy..." She grabbed the wheel and made a quick recovery. "Sorry."1992, Armistead Maupin, Maybe the Moon:
- Then she heard the baying. "What's that?" "I fear it's a werewolf pack on the hunt." That she understood. "Oopsy!" She flapped her arms harder...2001, Piers Anthony, The Dastard:
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- The woman then looked directly at the angler and sweetly said, "Oopsy." She then bent over and deposited his jigs into her tackle bag.2007, Jeff Rowland, The Reel Adventures of a Marion County Angler: