uh-oh, Spaghetti-O
English
editEtymology
editAdvertising campaign for SpaghettiOs, an American brand of canned spaghetti rings.
Interjection
edituh-oh, Spaghetti-O
- (US, humorous) Uh-oh.
- 1987, Ellen Frye, Look under the hawthorn:
- "Uh-oh, spaghetti-o!" She retreated a couple of steps. "Guess I'm in for it now."
- 2001, John Treadwell Nichols, The voice of the butterfly:
- Mary clucked, "Uh-oh, spaghetti-o." I raced to the bathroom door, kicked it open . . . and stopped dead in my tracks. Ai, talk about squalid scenes!
- 2005, Erik Grayson, A mind of summer: post-punk dispatches from a post-structuralist world:
- Uh-oh, Spaghetti-ohs. You sunk my battleship. But wait!
- 2006, Jack Myers, Row House Blues:
- Uh oh, Spaghetti-O. We exchange places. Bobby walks up to the pole, bends over, sets himself, and gets a good grip.