# Welp. Here I am, back where I started **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-here-i-am-back-where-i-started/983031 "2023-04-21T22:14:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 26
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-here-i-am-back-where-i-started/983031/26 "2023-04-23T16:40:11Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Depends on your definition of “new”. It has been around for at least a couple of years It is older than I thought. Uses here go all the way back to 1999, and that’s probably the beginning of the archive, not the beginning of the phrase. Here’s one thread from 2005: > [@WTH is Welp?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-is-welp/307642): > > Can someone please, please tell me why people online write “Welp,” when they mean “Well,” ? It really bugs me, and I tried googling which just gives me pages and pages of people saying it, and no one explaining. It can’t be a typo, can it? Then it would be Wepp, right? Once you have your finger on the L, there’s no reason to move it to the P!! There’s no reason! I was close to putting this in the Pit, but trying to find the answer has beaten me down so much that I’m not angry, just weary… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-here-i-am-back-where-i-started/983031)._