# D'oh! It's Official. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 15, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-its-official/68885 "2001-06-15T03:13:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-its-official/68885/1 "2001-06-15T03:13:24Z")
The Oxford English Dictionary has a new [entry](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010614/en/britain_homer_simpson_1.html). ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-its-official/68885/2 "2001-06-15T03:26:25Z")
[BBC News](http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_1387000/1387335.stm) claims it’s just doh. _shrugs_ I can’t search the OED site since I’m not a member. Do we have one out there? It took many years before I saw them use dis on CNN, I wonder whow long before their news anchors use this one. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-its-official/68885/3 "2001-06-15T03:28:08Z")
I went to the OED Online because I was curious to see if they defined it as a slang word or not. I couldn’t login though because the site is by subscription only. Doh! 😛 Anyone with access want to look it up for me? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-its-official/68885/4 "2001-06-15T04:38:37Z")
The entry is given in their current newsletter, accessible to all - [http://www.oed.com/public/news/0106c.htm#doh](http://www.oed.com/public/news/0106c.htm#doh) . It is classified as _int., colloq._ I assume that means interjection, colloquial. Different from slang, I’d say ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-its-official/68885/5 "2001-06-15T05:54:55Z")
Damn, I was going to post this info with the title “D’oh Eee Dee”. You know, like O-E-D … ah, forget it. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-its-official/68885/6 "2001-06-15T12:58:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zgystardst \* > \*\*It is classified as _int., colloq._ I assume that means interjection, colloquial. Different from slang, I’d say \*\* Yes, that’s different, but I think can handle colloquial interjections in the OED. 😉 [sub]I’m _such_ a word snob![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-its-official/68885/7 "2001-06-15T13:06:43Z")
Look [,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=74420)too. ---
**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-its-official/68885/8 "2001-06-15T13:06:45Z")
“Exclamation - Informal - used to comment on an action perceived as foolish or stupid: He had approached the wrong set of supporters. Doh!” Taken from Oxford Dictionary. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2001, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doh-its-official/68885/9 "2001-06-15T13:38:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kat22 \* > \*\*“Exclamation - Informal - used to comment on an action perceived as foolish or stupid: He had approached the wrong set of supporters. Doh!” > > Taken from Oxford Dictionary.\*\* Thanks, Kat! Informal satisfies my word-snobbiness too. I do have to confess to a deep envy that you can access the OED Online and I can’t. 😉