oo arr

English

Alternative forms

• oh arr, ooh arrh

Interjection

oo arr

1. (UK, West Country) Used to indicate agreement.

   Oo arr, that's a good idea.

2. (UK, West Country) Used to introduce a refutation, sometimes sarcastically.

   Oo arr, you and whose army?

3. (UK, West Country) Used to imply innuendo.

   You like peaches? Oo arr.

Usage notes

Often used in mockery as a stereotypical phrase in the Mummerset accent.

Quotations

• 1976, The Wurzels, I Am A Cider Drinker:

  And we'll sink a pint of Scrumpy,
  Then we'll play old nature's game.
  (Ha ha ha! Oo arr!)

• 1985, Spike Milligan, Where Have All the Bullets Gone?:

  'Oo arr, but them's not memburs o' the Narzee party.'

• 1988, Brian Jacques, Mossflower, page 179:

  'Oo arr, oo bliss 'n' joys. Hurr, this be the loif, Gonffen!'

• 2014 March 6, “Give it up before you oo-arr - George Michael gave up cannabis because it gave him a Westcountry accent”, in North Devon Journal:

Synonyms

• och aye (Scotland), oh ar (West Midlands), oh yeah (US), wye aye (Geordie, Mackem), well aye (Teesside)