Whoosh

Looking in the internet comment section you may see "r/whoosh", or "whoosh" and wonder "wHaT dOeS iT mEaN?".
I got chu.

If you see a dumb comment that completely misses the point of the subject (for example someone not getting/taking a joke), then you type "whoosh" which means it went way over their head!

Person1: 911 was done by Teletubbies

Person2: lmao

Person3: NO IT WASN'T!!! Why do people keep saying that *gives a long ass theory on what their opinion is*

Person2: r/whoosh!

Whoosh by XChristinaXx September 2, 2018

whoosh

Single word exclamation, accompanied by a gesture where the hand is swept palm down over the head from front to back with about three inches clearance.

Indicates that the joke just told was too sophisticated for the listener and has gone "way over their head".

Sometimes comes to mind when reading feedback on Urban Dictionary quality control.

2. paris

Capital of North Africa.

j'en ai marre
Source: fnjlas, Jun 20, 2004

A user said this should be deleted: Factually incorrect and the example is not even in English."

(Whoosh!)

whoosh by CougarSW2 November 14, 2004

whoosh

Spoken otomatopeia that indicates when something has gone over the listener's head.

A: This movie is so gay!
B: There are no homosexuals in this movie.
A: Whoosh!

whoosh by R. Kemp December 18, 2005

whoosh

(n.) the sound of something flying by very quickly, deadlines for instance.

(v.) to pass by very rapidly.

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound as they fly by."
- Douglas Adams.

A snowball whooshed past my face, missing by an infinitesmal distance; I let out my battle cry that woke up the whole neighborhood.

whoosh by papermachete December 28, 2005

whoosh

Something you say to someone who didn't understand the sarcasm/joke.
As if it wen't right over their head or they saw right through it.

"That christmas sweater looks wonderful jerry.. Even in summer."
"Thank you!"
"Whoosh..."

whoosh by justanamebro January 26, 2017

whoosh

a word that was made popular by being the name of a subreddit. it refers to people who don't realise something is a joke. also referred to as r/whoosh.

"I fucked your mum last night"

"no my dad did"

"whoosh"

whoosh by ninjakirbz June 22, 2021

whoosh

Whoosh is the term to describe an enthusiastic swishing sound, often used when one is talking about something totally unbelievable that perhaps may have zoomed past unbelievably fast, both in a literal or figurative sense.

"So, like, there was this thing, and it was so fast, man, it was like WHOOSH and then bam! It was gone!"

or

"I dunno, man, I'm totally out of it today. I mean, today somebody was talking to me and everything they said just kept whooshing past me, y'know? Just like whoosh, and stuff."

whoosh by Steph May 25, 2004