womp womp

American  

[womp womp, wahn wahn] / ˈwɒmp ˌwɒmp, ˈwɑ̃ ˌwɑ̃ /

Sometimes whomp whomp

interjection

Slang.

1. (used to dismiss or to mock a failure, loss, etc.): The fan response to the team’s pathetic opener was a collective “womp womp.”

   I’m single again this year for Valentines Day—womp womp.

   The fan response to the team’s pathetic opener was a collective “womp womp.”

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verb (used with or without object)

Slang.

1. to comment on or judge with this dismissive or mocking expression: I hope his parents heard him womp womping at his sister’s dance recital—he needs to apologize.

   She cruelly womp womped his emotional childhood confession.

   I hope his parents heard him womp womping at his sister’s dance recital—he needs to apologize.

Etymology

Origin of womp womp

First recorded in 2005–10; imitative of a sound made by a trombone to indicate a wrong answer or other minor humiliation, used on TV game shows and in movies

Example Sentences

That was like the equivalent of a trombone womp, womp.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2022

After a two-year pandemic-and-equity-revamping break, the James Beard Awards for restaurants and chefs are back, but — womp womp — the Seattle scene suffered a shutout.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2022

This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a womp womp.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2018

“The end of womp womp is coming,” the tag line read.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2017