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Doh vs Boh - What's the difference?

doh | boh |

As interjections the difference between doh and boh

is that doh is expresses surprise and consternation at a stupid mistake made by oneself, or another person while boh is an exclamation used to startle or frighten.

As a noun doh

is an anglicised spelling of do. A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.

doh

English

Etymology 1

Popularized by the character as far back as 1945, however.

Alternative forms

* d'oh

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • Expresses surprise and consternation at a stupid mistake made by oneself, or another person.

    • Etymology 2

    An anglicised spelling of do .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) An anglicised spelling of do. A syllable used in to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
    • Synonyms
    * do
    Related terms
    * ut, re, mi, fa, so, sol, la, si, ti

    Anagrams

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    boh

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bo * boo

    Interjection

    (en-intj)
  • An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
  • * 1829 , (Walter Scott), Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft , VI:
    • We start and are afraid when we hear one cry Boh !
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