whoopsie-daisy

English

Etymology

From whoopsie +‎ daisy.

Mispronunciation of upsadaisy.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

whoopsie-daisy

  1. (informal) Used to acknowledge a mistake.

Noun

whoopsie-daisy (plural whoopsie-daisies)

  1. (by extension) An accident or a mistake.
    • 2023 August 24, Sarah Naftalis & Lauren Wells, “The Roast” (11:36 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows‎[1], season 5, episode 8, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou):
      “Baron, stop! It was just a mix-em-up!” “A whoopsie-daisy!” [Nandor yells] “Stay out of this!” [both yelling]
    • 2024 December 8, Raza Syed, “Shlub$” (7:30 from the start), in Krapopolis‎[2], season 2, episode 8, spoken by Foon-Foon (Khary Payton):
      “I promise you, Stupe, this wasn't the plan, but it is what it is.” “It's called turning a whoopsie-daisy into an oops-ortunity.”

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