OOO

abbreviation

Business.

1. out of office: (used as a notification to colleagues or clients when an employee is on vacation, out sick, or away from the office for another reason, and cannot be reached.)

Word History and Origins

Origin of OOO¹

First recorded in 2000–05

Example Sentences

“I was just coming off of doing ‘Grotesquerie,’ so I was like, “Ooo. It sounds like it might be a lot work,” says Nash-Betts, whose credits include “Claws,” “The Rookie: Feds” and “When They See Us.”

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“Ooo! So at some point I added, ‘usually through violence,’” he amended himself.

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Or, ooo, nothing says “presidential” like some of those ridiculous Trump trading cards he was hawking before the election.

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“He always made me feel beautiful. Ooo my, how we’d laugh and laugh during the process. He was an astute observer of human behavior and could see humor in the most unlikely experiences.”

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“Josie stepped out of line all the time, and they never sent her away. She was a bad influence on Max”—Ivy put “bad influence” in air quotes—“and the teacher never stopped her from laughing too loud or shouting out ‘Ooo, this is so great!

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