ruh-roh en · INTJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹʌʔˌɹoʊ/ (US)
Etymology
First used by Astro on the cartoon The Jetsons and later by Scooby-Doo in the Scooby-Doo cartoon series; both characters are dogs who speak broken English with the insertion of many r's.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, humorous) Alternative form of uh-oh.
alt of uh-oh
“Ruh-roh. Work, wheels.”
2021 May 9, Tim McAuliffe, “When You Lose, You Win” (6:24 from the start), in Bless the Harts, season 2, episode 21, spoken by Betty Hart (Maya Rudolph):Ruh-roh, Posey thought. Something was about to hit the fan.
2011, Kristan Higgins, Until There Was You, Harlequin, published 2011, →ISBN:Missy makes a face. “Ruh-roh. He sounds mad."
2012, Roxanne St. Claire, Don't You Wish, Delacorte Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 352:After we finished securing the motherboard, we planned to shoot an image of the rear I/O panel to show that none of the grounding tabs were obstructing ports. Ruh-roh. When we got down to shoot a close-up, we were surprised to see that both Gigabit Ethernet ports were obstructed, […]
2007, Robert Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson, Building the Perfect PC, O'Reilly, published 2007, →ISBN, page 228: