welp

[ welp ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

interjection

, Nonstandard.

an informal variant of well used to indicate disappointment, resignation, or acceptance at the beginning of an utterance:
Welp, this might not work out for us after all.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of welp¹

First recorded in 1945–50; form of well as an isolated or emphatic utterance, with an excrescent p representing closing of the lips, creating an unreleased labial stop; compare the parallel use of p in nope ( def ) and yup ( def ).

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Example Sentences

I can not put myself in no dainger for you, Sir, nor won't hold back the truth, so welp me.

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I reckons they thinks they kin do the same wi' us—s'welp me, I do.'

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If you pass that door, s'welp me Gawd, I'll set the dog on yer.

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welly Wels

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