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r/whoosh 

Typically Reddit users use this term and r/wooosh when the joke goes right over your head (when you misinterpret it.)
Person A: Bone Apple Teeth 😍
Person B: It’s Bon Apetit dumbass
Person A: r/whoosh
r/whoosh by imbeciIe July 22, 2018
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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

Boom Boom whoosh 

The most grace ful thing in the MCU. When Stephen Strange slams his hands together in infinity war to make the magic
Dr. Strange used the Boom Boom whoosh to try and stop ebony maw and cull obsidian

r/whoosh 

a subreddit, commonly used when someone doesn't get a joke and tries to correct the person who told the joke.
guy 1: commas are important people!!
guy 2: commas aren't people.
guy 3: r/whoosh
r/whoosh by hazeltongue January 7, 2019

r/whoosh 

It means you didnt get the joke, or you corrected a person who purposely wrote/said the phrase that way. You can add more "o"s when the person totally misunderstood or corrected the joke that shouldn't have been corrected, and that will be "r/whooosh" or "r/whooooosh" etc.
A: - I can see you're not the best student
B: - Is you blind?
C: -*ARE you blind dumbass

B: - r/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
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