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"Welp", "Oof"

Two one word exclamations; both are used as single word posts on lichess.

Could lonely welp and oof each have a future being used as another form of speech (verb, noun, adverb, adjective, pronoun, conjunction and preposition)?

New definitions are welcome.

oof is the most common expiratory resulting from a sudden forceful blow to the midriff area.If the blow is delivered by a person of the hitting abilities of Mike Tyson, then the expiratory is more likely to be capitalized and extended..."OOOFFFF",and followed by expiration.

"p" is an excrescent sound that is added for articulatory reasons, i.e. it’s a sound that your mouth makes when it’s en route to something else. The classic example of excrescent p is nope, where the p represents the closing of your lips at the end of uttering the word no.Hence " well(p)".

The examples above are typical of modern-day young-speak, inasmuch as they don't actually mean anything.

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