Noun: whoopsie wûp-see
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
"She made a whoopsie when introducing her colleague, mixing up their names";
- slip, slip-up [informal], miscue, parapraxis
- [Brit, informal] (childish) excrement
"The toddler announced he needed to do a whoopsie-poo";
- poo [Brit, informal], poo-poo [Brit, informal], doo-doo [informal]
Usage: informal
- Exclamation used to acknowledge a mistake or accident
"whoopsie! I spilled coffee on my shirt";
- oops, whoops, whoops-a-daisy [informal], oops-a-daisy [informal], oopsie [informal]
Derived forms: whoopsies