Citations:womp womp

English citations of womp womp

Interjection: "(US, Canada, humorous) used to indicate failure or disappointment"

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• 2014, Gina Harney, HIIT It!: The Fitnessista's Get More From Less Workout and Diet Plan, p. 131:

  I feel drained, womp womp, and want to lounge by a pool drinking out of a coconut.

• 2017, Joe Clement, Matt Miles, Screen Schooled: Two Veteran Teachers Expose How Technology Overuse Is Making Our Kids Dumber, p. 227:

  However, this fad quickly faded when people realized this technology (sad trombone: womp, womp) . . . well, it didn't work.

• 2019, Vonetta Logan, "Future Shtick", Luckbox, November 2019, page 11:

  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.

• 2020, Meredith Hardie, "Back To Basics", Foodism, Summer 2020, page 39:

  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).