Oops vs Goops - What's the difference?
oops | goops |
Acknowledging a minor mistake.
Used sarcastically to acknowledge a major mistake.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 1, author=Jake Mooney, title=For Aficionados of Shaving, la Crème de la Crème, work=New York Times
, passage=These are fellows who shun the three-, four- and five-blade contraptions and canned goops for an older mode of shaving that they insist remains the ideal: a straight razor or a safety razor with a double-edged blade, and a fine English cream lathered and applied with a badger-hair brush. }}
* 2007 , Henry Jenkins, The wow climax: tracing the emotional impact of popular culture (page 170)
As an initialism oops
is object-oriented programming system.As a noun goops is
.oops
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- Oops ! I left the lid off the ketchup.
- ''I just stepped on dog poo! Oops!
- Oops, I didn't see you there.
- Oops,... I locked my car keys inside the car.
Synonyms
* oopsy * uh-oh * whoops * whoops-a-daisyAnagrams
*goops
English
Noun
(head)citation
- Their most successful program, Double Dare , invites kids to swim through vats of assorted goops and to fling goo at each other...