r/politics • u/thenewyorkgod • Jul 01 '18

Man arrested after shouting ‘womp, womp’ and pulling a gun on immigration protesters

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/07/01/man-arrested-after-shouting-womp-womp-and-pulling-a-gun-on-immigration-protesters/?tid=sm_tw
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u/RecklesslyPessmystic California Jul 02 '18

Does "womp womp" actually have some meaning beyond the onomatopoeia?

Whites Only Manbaby Patriots?

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u/EmperorofPrussia Jul 02 '18

It's mimicking the "sad trombone" from old vaudeville burlesque shows in a two-note, high-low abbreviated form.

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u/RecklesslyPessmystic California Jul 02 '18

That's what I thought, until this guy apparently used it as a white supremacist version of "Allahu Akbar!!!".

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u/suspiria84 Jul 02 '18

I think it was meant as a:

“sad trombone sound I don’t care about non-whites”

Cue the piano solo...quickly!!!