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- colloquialOops.
Amber: Right! Oh, except three times eight is twenty-four, not twenty-seven. Me: Oh. Oopsies. (Erases answer) And now for this one . . . (scratches in answer)
2008, Lauren Barnholdt, chapter 3, in Four Truths and a Lie, New York, N.Y.: Aladdin Mix, →ISBN, pages 63–642 more examples
Kris threw the gear shift into park. “Back at the van at 5:15 p.m.” / “You know you told Bree it was 6:30, right, Coach?” Ashley said. / “Oh, oopsies . . . let’s make it 6:15 still. Ashley, can you text Bree?[…]”
2013 February 20, Greg Kleiner, Georgie Mills, chapter 4, in Strings, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 51“Why, hello, my little fairylets!” said the hedgehog. “How about a hug?” / Oona and Horace looked at each other. “Sure, Grandgoop,” said Oona. “But do you think you could be a little less pokey first?” / “Oh, oopsies. I can’t find my saltshaker, so I thought if I was the size of a saltshaker, I might have an easier time finding it,” she said.
2025, Kate Korsh, chapter 8, in When Fairies Go Too Far (Oona Bramblegoop’s Sideways Magic; 4), New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 76
Origin
oopsies · verb
From oopsie /oopsy (verb) + -s (third-person singular suffix).
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