different between oof vs bruh

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /u?f/, /?f/
• (General American) enPR: ?f, IPA^(key): /uf/
• Rhymes: -u?f, -?f

Etymology 1

An onomatopoeia. Similar to Dutch oef and German uff.The verb sense is from a sound effect used in point-of-view video games when a character dies.

Interjection

oof

1. (onomatopoeia) A sound mimicking the loss of air, as if someone's solar plexus had just been struck.
2. (slang) Synonym of ouch (“expressing sympathy at another's pain, shock at a high price, etc.”)

Noun

oof (plural oofs)

1. A sound made in pain, as when expelling air after being struck.

Verb

oof (third-person singular simple present oofs, present participle oofing, simple past and past participle oofed)

1. (video games, ergative) to kill.

Etymology 2

Clipping of ooftish

Noun

oof (uncountable)

1. (Britain, slang, dated) Money. [c. 1850 – c. 1940]
   • 1888, H. Rider Haggard, Colonel Quaritch V.C. (archive.org ebook), page 232:

     “Oh,” Johnnie was saying, “so Quest is his name, is it, and he lives in a city called Boisingham, does he? Is he an oof bird?” (rich)
     “Rather,” answered the Tiger, “if only one can make the dollars run, but he's a nasty mean boy, he is.

   • 1900, Harry B. Norris, Burlington Bertie (song)

     Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay
     He rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way
     He spends the good oof that his pater has made
     Along with the Brandy and Soda Brigade.

   • 1911–1912, published 1916, Gilbert Parker, The World For Sale, book 2, chapter 10 (Gutenberg ebook, archive.org ebook):

     What's he after? Oof—oof—oof, that's what he's after. He's for his own pocket, he's for being boss of all the woolly West. He's after keeping us poor and making himself rich.

   • 1991 May 12, "Kidnapped!" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:

     Chuffy: It's on a knife edge at the moment, Bertie. If he can get planning permission, old Stoker's going to take this heap off my hands in return for vast amounts of oof.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:money

Derived terms

• feathered oof-bird (“large source of money”)
• make the oof-bird walk (“to circulate money”)
• oof-bag (“source of money”)
• oof-bird (“source of money”)
• oofless (“poor”)
• oofy (“rich”)
• pad the oof (“to fold banknotes to appear twice as much”)

References

• Farmer, John Stephen (1902) Slang and Its Analogues?^[1], volume 5, page 107
• “oof”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Foo, foo, foo'

English

Etymology 1

From Malay beruk.

Noun

bruh (plural bruhs)

1. (archaic) The rhesus macaque.

Etymology 2

A shortening of brother.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??/
• Rhymes: -?

Noun

bruh (plural bruhs)

1. (slang) Alternative form of bro (“male comrade or friend”)

Interjection

bruh

1. (slang) Expressing amazement or shock.

   You need to do work? Bruh!

2. (slang) Expressing a feeling that something would be a bad idea to do.

   Person 1: I'll pour some corn syrup in my diesel tank.
   Person 2: bruh.

Alternative forms

• bro, brah, bra, bru

Synonyms

• dude

Derived terms

• bruh moment

Anagrams

• Buhr, burh

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *b?ux? (“belly”).

Noun

br?h m

1. (regional, Croatia) hernia
2. (regional, Croatia) belly