Oh shit, oh fuck, oh hell, oh dang

[ADirtyPerv]

I don't see a thread for this, so let's go!

There are certain "oh" statements that have inherent connotations, at least the way I use them. Do you use them differently? I'd love to know!

"Oh shit" - I use this for moments of raw surprise, with the caveat that it is to be distanced from any backdoor acts at all costs. Dad found out? "Oh shit."

"Oh fuck" - I think this is a pleasurable statement. She's really tight, it feels really good, whatever. There is an orgasm approaching for someone, somewhere in this phrase.

"Oh hell" - I hear Jack Burton speaking with this one. There is surprise, but it's negative. Nothing good happens to Jack Burton, and so none of his quotes can be positive.

"Oh dang" - This one is "raw surprise, but also impressed". A comma can be added been oh and dang. Sometimes a period or more "h"es or "a"s. She did a scorpion thing with her leg? "Ohh dang." She took it all in one go and you're just watching, amused? "Oh daaang." This one's fun, IMO.

 

[TheLobster]

"Oh my" - a posh and/or family-friendly version, used chiefly by older women. A mom sitting on her son's lap could breathe it out when she starts feeling it.

"Oh crap" - not quite as posh but still family-friendly enough to be used by dad who's driving the car and realizes he forgot to fill up the gas tank.

"Oh boy" - expresses either excitement or exasperation, depending on the tone. In the latter case, can be accompanied by an eye-roll, such as the one the daughter gives dad when she hears he forgot to fill up the gas tank again.

"Oh my god" - either profound shock or orgasmic pleasure, appropriate for both the sister discovering mom has been riding her brother, and for mom herself, who happens to be coming right as that happens.

 

[MrPixel]

"Oh, brother" - usually sarcastic disbelief.

"Oh, bother" - Eeyore.

"Oh, boe" - a very difficult instrument to play well.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

I'm particular to the evolution of the phrase, "What the fuck?" In recent years perhaps to add emphasis to an overused phrase we often hear, "What the actual fuck?" which has also been shortened to just, "What the actual?". I think it's really cool that one can infer an f-bomb without even saying it now.

"Looking for someone to choke me and crap on my chest while I jerk myself."

"I don't mean to kink shame but ... what the actual!!??"

 

[TheRedChamber]

"Oh, brother" - usually sarcastic disbelief.

"Oh, bother" - Eeyore.

"Oh, boe" - a very difficult instrument to play well.

"Oh, klahoma" - where the wind comes sweeping down the plain.

 

[TheLobster]

"Oh, klahoma" - where the wind comes sweeping down the plain.

What about "Oh, hi, yo"?

 

[calmlikeabomb]

Oh dear - affection in some cases, disappointment in many others.

 

[StillStunned]

Oh no, please don't...!
Oh no, please...!
Oh no...!
Oh...!

 

[TheLobster]

Oh no, please don't...!
Oh no, please...!
Oh no...!
Oh...!

An R/NC story in four acts.

 

[Z_TheWriter]

"Oh!" is good. Maybe something feels good, maybe they realized something positive or at least helpful.

"Oh." is bad. You realized something negative. Walked in on something you didn't want to see.

 

[big_cane_sugar]

I actually try to match them to the situation and character. For example, I'd never put "oh shit" or "oh crap" or "oh poop" in a sex scene unless some actual fecal matter were involved. That means I put a lot of "oh fuck" in my stories lol. Some commenters have said it's too much so I need to tone it down apparently. But for characters who aren't that vulgar I would settle for "oh wow" and so on.

 

[Dodola]

Oh yeah? - a neutral response when I don't believe you.

Oh yeah! - an involuntary response while you're making me a believer

 

[sirhugs]

oh fuck

 

[ColtonWrites]

"Oh." - By itself I use it as a moment of neutral realization wherr the character maybe doesn't want to admit the other person is right.

 

[HotCosmo]

I'm not taking notes and saving them for later. Just keep talking like I wasn't here

 

[Cacatua_Galerita]

“Oh my gash” - exclamation of discomfort (as I rub my mangina after a 50km bike ride)

“Oh” - is also an alternative reading of the digit zero, in Commonwealth English. E.g. James Bond’s ‘double-oh seven’ designation. Australians will often mix “oh” and “zero” within the same phone number, like ‘triple five oh nine, oh two, six seven zero’ (I try to only use ‘zeros’ when speaking to Americans).

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In answer to the original post…

“Oh shit” isn’t typically an expression of surprise for me, more often it’s a realization of something disappointing. “Oh shit, I left the lube at home”. Surprise is more likely to be “holy shit”.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

The "oh" is frequently unnecessary.

Having it in front of fuck is like Scotch and water, good Scotch doesn't need it, and it doesn't make bad Scotch any better.


Brad and Angela walked out of the restaurant to find their car up on blocks.
"Fuck," Brad said.

Saying "oh, fuck" is a wasted word.

 

[cw5523729]

The "oh" is frequently unnecessary.

Having it in front of fuck is like Scotch and water, good Scotch doesn't need it, and it doesn't make bad Scotch any better.


Brad and Angela walked out of the restaurant to find their car up on blocks.
"Fuck," Brad said.

Saying "oh, fuck" is a wasted word.

Is this Brad the same Brad as in the manly-talk thread? If so, does Susie know about him and Angela?

 

[Dodola]

The "oh" is frequently unnecessary.

Having it in front of fuck is like Scotch and water, good Scotch doesn't need it, and it doesn't make bad Scotch any better.


Brad and Angela walked out of the restaurant to find their car up on blocks.
"Fuck," Brad said.

Saying "oh, fuck" is a wasted word.

Maybe

But, "fuck" is just a reaction.
As if finding your car up on blocks is common, and it was just your turn.

"Oh, Fuck" is a surprised realization that your car was up on blocks, followed by the reaction.

 

[cw5523729]

Maybe

But, "fuck" is just a reaction.
As if finding your car up on blocks is common, and it was just your turn.

"Oh, Fuck" is a surprised realization that your car was up on blocks, followed by the reaction.

Geez, what kind of neighborhood do you all live in where everyone's cars are regularly found up on blocks? Doesn't anyone have Ring doorbells?

 

[ADirtyPerv]

The "oh" is frequently unnecessary.

Having it in front of fuck is like Scotch and water, good Scotch doesn't need it, and it doesn't make bad Scotch any better.


Brad and Angela walked out of the restaurant to find their car up on blocks.
"Fuck," Brad said.

Saying "oh, fuck" is a wasted word.

I see what you're saying, but I kinda disagree. To me, the "oh" gives energy to the word after it. Like the "HA!" in "Kamehameha!". He only shouts the "HA" but everything before it is crucial to the build up.

Though, I'm from California, so this may be a dialect thing. Asking Keanu Reeves not to say the "oh" is asking a lot, but I wouldn't expect Jason Statham to say it.

 

[Erozetta]

"Aw, fuck" is a personal favorite. It essentially means "I forgot something important I was supposed to do."

I'm not as fond of "oh" it reads as fairly lifeless to me.

 

[TheLobster]

Is this Brad the same Brad as in the manly-talk thread? If so, does Susie know about him and Angela?

She knows and she’s perfectly fine with it. It’s a small price to pay to be with a man as manly as Brad.

 

[Dodola]

Geez, what kind of neighborhood do you all live in where everyone's cars are regularly found up on blocks? Doesn't anyone have Ring doorbells?

Everything in this trailer park is up on blocks.
A few have ring doorbells but, alas, no electricity.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Maybe

But, "fuck" is just a reaction.
As if finding your car up on blocks is common, and it was just your turn.

"Oh, Fuck" is a surprised realization that your car was up on blocks, followed by the reaction.

The differentiation between surprised and it was just your turn would be conveyed by the tone, not by an extra word.

If you are doing 70 down the highway and chains on the logging truck in front of you break, FUCK!!!!!!! is all the surprise you need.