# I think I've been Whooshed. What's \*that\* mean?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-been-whooshed-whats-that-mean/113849
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 13, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-been-whooshed-whats-that-mean/113849 "2002-06-13T14:01:06Z")
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### Author: ![flapcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@flapcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flapcats)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-been-whooshed-whats-that-mean/113849/1 "2002-06-13T14:01:06Z")

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:Whoosh:

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### Author: ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-been-whooshed-whats-that-mean/113849/2 "2002-06-13T14:05:23Z")

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If I am reading your question correctly, it means that something someone said or did “went over your head”.

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### Author: ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-been-whooshed-whats-that-mean/113849/3 "2002-06-13T17:04:10Z")

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“whoosh” is the sound made by an idea, concept or movie/book/music reference as it makes a low pass over your head without making contact with your brain.

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### Author: ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-been-whooshed-whats-that-mean/113849/4 "2002-06-14T00:00:21Z")

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As I have observed, on this board it generally means someone made a sarcastic or ironic comment and someone else reacted with surprise, shock and/or outrage as though the statement should be taken literally.

I once whooshed a guy on a _World’s Wildest Police Videos_ thread. I commented on the smug editorializing with the lame puns that the narrator always throws in, and offered this humourous, though fake example:

“That crook thought he could get away in a stolen vegetable truck, but now he’ll have plenty of time to toss salads, _in jail!_”

I picked up at least one :eek:

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### Author: ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-been-whooshed-whats-that-mean/113849/5 "2002-06-14T03:37:25Z")

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HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Thank you **Bryan** thank you. Best laugh I’ve had all day. I love doing imitations of Smug Police Chase Guy. Nice to see there are others 🙂

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### Author: ![dublos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@dublos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dublos)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-been-whooshed-whats-that-mean/113849/6 "2002-06-14T04:18:06Z")

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Or is it interesting when someone asks the meaning of a word when using that word in the proper context within the OP?