womp womp

[ womp womp, wahn wahn ]

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.”

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of womp womp¹

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

With each wobbly, distorted bass riff and womp-womp-womp robotic fluctuation, bodies explode in epileptic fits.

From The Daily Beast