Oofta vs Softa - What's the difference?
oofta | softa |
(US, chiefly, upper midwest) A mild expression of error, dismay, or concern (often in a comical sense).
* 2004 , Janet Elaine Smith,
*:"Oofta ! I've long ago forgotten it."
(Islam) A religious student, especially in Turkey.
* 1896 : The softas, concerning whose exploits we have heard so much of late, are the theological students who wish to become ulemas, or, literally, learned men. — Eliakim Littell and Robert S. Littell (1896), Living Age , volume 208, p. 330.
As an interjection oofta
is a mild expression of error, dismay, or concern (often in a comical sense).As a noun softa is
a religious student, especially in Turkey.oofta
English
(wikipedia oofta)Alternative forms
* offda * uffdaInterjection
(en interjection)A Lumberjack Christmas, p. 16,