oh noes

interjection

oh no

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Meanings

oh noes1

interjection
  1. Internetoh no

    And Job wuz liek “Oh noes! Wut if cookies were sin? Gota prai, jus in caes.”

    2010, Martin Grondin, “Teh Story ov Job”, in LOLcat Bible: In Teh Beginnin Ceiling Cat Maded Teh Skiez An Da Urfs N Stuffs, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 60
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    He shakes his head. ‘It's a present. Now calm down, it's time for work. Boardroom, Alastair and Amy.’ Oh, noes! It's the last Monday of the month, so it's our financial review. Where's my Nexium?

    2017, Marian Keyes, The Break, Penguin, →ISBN

oh noes2

noun
  1. pluralplural of oh no

    And a sudden chorus of “Oh noes,” uttered ironically by the other boys, brought Aunt Belle on the tapis, with a stern admonition to be quiet.

    1884, Rosa Nouchette Carey, Robert Ord's Atonement, page 216

Origin

oh noes · interjection

From oh no + -es (hypocoristic suffix).

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oh noes · noun

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Cite this entry
APA

oh noes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oh%20noes

MLA

“oh noes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oh%20noes. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oh noes,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oh%20noes.

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