welp
See also: Welp
English edit
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Etymology edit
Representing well pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end.[1] Compare yep, yup, nope, and ope.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /wɛlp/, [wɛlp̚]
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlp
- Homophone: whelp (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Interjection edit
welp
- (slang) Well, typically used to express exasperation, a matter-of-fact or unenthusiastic attitude, or helpless acceptance of something surprising.
- 2018 March 25, Adam Rogers, “The Cambridge Analytica Data Apocalypse Was Predicted in 2007”, in Wired[1]:
- “Nuclear power is a dual-use technology. It can be weaponized.” Welp. “It is sort of what we anticipated, that there would be a Three Mile Island moment around data sharing that would rock the research community,” Lazer says.
References edit
- ^ Katie Kilkenny (2012 November 30) “Where Did the Expression “Welp” Come From?”, in Slate
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch welp, from Old Dutch welp, from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
welp m or n (plural welpen, diminutive welpje n)
- whelp, young mammal of certain carnivorous species, notably canine pup, bear - or lion cub
- human youngster, especially of age group 8-11 in boy scouts
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References edit
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch welp, from Proto-Germanic *hwelpaz.
Noun edit
welp n or m
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Descendants edit
- Dutch: welp
Further reading edit
- “welp”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “welp (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English edit
Noun edit
welp
- Alternative form of whelp