# What exactly is a "whoosh"?

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**Created:** [November 5, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-whoosh/425315 "2007-11-05T18:00:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-whoosh/425315/21 "2007-11-06T15:01:51Z")

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I think whooshing should be a bannable offense.

Or at the very least, a banana offense.

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-whoosh/425315/22 "2007-11-07T13:35:57Z")

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I thought the whole thread was a meta-whoosh.

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**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-whoosh/425315/23 "2007-11-07T13:54:26Z")

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[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]  
Maybe you need a depth raise.  
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Any particular era? Maybe you could narrow this down to a particular decade?  
[sub]well played sir![/sub]

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**Author:** ![Malachi\_Throne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Malachi\_Throne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malachi_Throne)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-whoosh/425315/24 "2007-11-08T17:52:01Z")

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“Whoosh” means the joke failed but its teller wants credit anyway.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-whoosh/425315/25 "2007-11-08T18:22:35Z")

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[QUOTE=Malachi Throne]  
“Whoosh” means the joke failed but its teller wants credit anyway.  
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That rarely happens. It’s considered bad form for the whoosher to tease the whooshee.

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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:** [November 8, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-whoosh/425315/26 "2007-11-08T22:34:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Fear Itself]  
That rarely happens. It’s considered bad form for the whoosher to tease the whooshee.  
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Really? I do that at least twice a month.

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**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-whoosh/425315/27 "2007-11-08T23:09:14Z")

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[QUOTE=Liberal]  
I think whooshing should be a bannable offense.

Or at the very least, a banana offense.  
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I’m not letting the mods anywhere near me with a banana.

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