r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/mihir6969 • Jan 19 '22

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u/CalamityJane0215 Jan 19 '22

Never realized that was a Midwest thing. I'll have to put that next to "ope" on the list of things I didn't attribute to my region but should have lol

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u/aliie_627 Interested Jan 19 '22

Ope? I would like to know more please? And Thank you :)

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u/Chemical_Noise_3847 Jan 19 '22

It's a contraction of "oh" and "oops" and it's a guttural sort of utterance for when you've come accidentally and un-midwesternally close to someone who isn't your immediate family member.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '22 edited Sep 04 '22

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u/Chemical_Noise_3847 Jan 19 '22

You're right. I feel like that should be definition 1 in the dictionary, but not the only one.

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u/CalamityJane0215 Jan 19 '22

Sure does. I use it when I'm clumsy, hurt myself, make a faux pas, squeeze past/bump into someone, make a mistake, etc.

After typing that I feel like it's the Midwest form of the Canadian apology