# "Ooh, that's gotta hurt!"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-thats-gotta-hurt/451616>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 3, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-thats-gotta-hurt/451616 "2008-06-03T12:52:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-thats-gotta-hurt/451616/1 "2008-06-03T12:52:40Z")

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Another origin-of-phrase question. Said sarcastically or gleefully when someone else gets hurt.

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-thats-gotta-hurt/451616/2 "2008-06-03T13:07:17Z")

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[QUOTE=Lumpy]  
Another origin-of-phrase question. Said sarcastically or gleefully when someone else gets hurt.  
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I’m guessing sportscasting - either football or professional wrestling.

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**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-thats-gotta-hurt/451616/3 "2008-06-03T13:11:11Z")

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[QUOTE=Lumpy]  
Another origin-of-phrase question. Said sarcastically or gleefully when someone else gets hurt.  
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That’s what _she_ said…