Interjection
Used, sometimes mockingly, to indicate failure or disappointment.
Usage- Canada
- US usage
- Humorous
- onomatopoeic
- Synonyms
- Examples
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However, this fad quickly faded when people realized this technology (sad trombone: womp, womp) . . . well, it didn't work.
But in happy news, she said that even though “I have balance in all aspects of my life except for love,” (womp womp) I haven’t met my twin flame.
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Bread: alcoholic fermentation isn’t just for booze. When yeast, single-celled fungi, chow down on dough’s carbohydrates, they produce alcohol and carbon dioxide gas (the alcohol is evaporated during baking, womp womp).