Seriously, though, from the OED (have an account thru school):
Also woah. [Variant of WHOA.]
= WO int. 2. Hence woa v., to stop (trans. and intr.) with the call of ‘woa’. 1840 DICKENS Old C. Shop xxxviii, Woa-a-a then, will you? 1856 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Nov. 530/1 With a loud ‘woah!’ the man stopped the beast [sc. ass]. 1870 S. LANIER Nine from eight 31, I woa'd my mules mighty easy. 1871 M. LEGRAND Cambr. Freshm. 252 Woa, Princey, woa! But Prince wouldn't ‘woa.’ 1892 CHEVALIER Wot Cher! iv, ‘Woa! steady! Neddy Woa!’
the same time as "teh" did. which we had as part of a panel title at wiscon this year, and everyone kept wanting to correct, at least those over 45 and not hardjacked into the internet.
of course, i mostly only use it when i'm saying Teh Awesome. :) it's different when i say it, you have to admit. because you can be confident that i have a fully functional working knowledge of teh grammar.
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Date: 2008-07-11 01:35 am (UTC)Also woah. [Variant of WHOA.]
= WO int. 2. Hence woa v., to stop (trans. and intr.) with the call of ‘woa’.
1840 DICKENS Old C. Shop xxxviii, Woa-a-a then, will you? 1856 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Nov. 530/1 With a loud ‘woah!’ the man stopped the beast [sc. ass]. 1870 S. LANIER Nine from eight 31, I woa'd my mules mighty easy. 1871 M. LEGRAND Cambr. Freshm. 252 Woa, Princey, woa! But Prince wouldn't ‘woa.’ 1892 CHEVALIER Wot Cher! iv, ‘Woa! steady! Neddy Woa!’
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Date: 2008-07-11 01:51 am (UTC)i always get annoyed when people use "micro$oft" or "M$"...
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Date: 2008-07-11 01:54 pm (UTC)of course, i mostly only use it when i'm saying Teh Awesome. :) it's different when i say it, you have to admit. because you can be confident that i have a fully functional working knowledge of teh grammar.
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Date: 2008-07-11 05:35 am (UTC)the personmy mom means "yay."no subject
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