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Ruh-roh

//ˈɹʌʔˌɹoʊ// intj

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Intj
  1. 1
    Alternative form of uh-oh. alt-of, alternative, humorous

    "After we finished securing the motherboard, we planned to shoot an image of the rear I/O panel to show that none of the grounding tabs were obstructing ports. Ruh-roh. When we got down to shoot a close-up, we were surprised to see that both Gigabit Ethernet ports were obstructed, […]"

Etymology

First used by Astro on the cartoon The Jetsons and later by Scooby-Doo in the Scooby-Doo cartoon series; both characters are dogs who speak broken English with the insertion of many r's.

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