# whoosh.

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoosh/151081
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [January 26, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoosh/151081 "2003-01-26T19:46:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![MachineHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@MachineHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachineHead)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoosh/151081/1 "2003-01-26T19:46:17Z")

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What does it mean?

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### Author: ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoosh/151081/2 "2003-01-26T20:00:41Z")

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It means that you didn’t understand the true meaning of the person’s comment. It went over your head. And the “whoosh” sound was it flying over your head.

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### Author: ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoosh/151081/3 "2003-01-26T20:01:55Z")

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Actually, I should have said that you “misunderstood” the person’s comment.

You took it too seriously, when they meant it as a joke.