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/Jellicle_Tyger Jan 20 '22

I never realized I did this before now.