Entry · catalog no. 1047
and I oop
/ /ænd aɪ ˈup/ /and-eye-OOP
interjection · nationwide · 2010s
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1.
A spoken stumble that stands in for sudden shock, surprise, or catching yourself mid-sentence — the verbal equivalent of a record scratch.
“I texted the wrong person the whole story — and I oop.”
Origin & Attribution
Coined by Black drag performer Jasmine Masters in an October 2015 YouTube video, where she interrupts herself after hurting herself mid-rant. It went viral in 2019 and was widely treated as VSCO-girl / Gen Z internet slang, erasing its roots in Black queer performance.
2015
Coined by drag performer Jasmine Masters on YouTube
2019
Goes viral, tagged VSCO-girl / Gen Z
2020s
General internet interjection
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
Nationwide
nationwide · 2010s
Spoken by
Black drag performers; later general internet
$ANDIOOThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Cooling11 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
78/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
First used
2015
in the culture
Cultural energy indexed from documented usage, search interest, and citation frequency. The recorded date is the archive’s permanent point of record.
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@auntiereg
Atlanta, GA
@deltasoul
Memphis, TN
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Citations & Sources
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Jasmine Masters, "handle your liquor" — YouTube video · 2015
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+ Cite a sourceDictionary.com, "and I oop" — reference · 2019
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