{"id":418744,"date":"2022-03-19T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-does-whoosh-mean-on-the-internet\/"},"modified":"2022-03-19T15:00:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T12:00:14","slug":"what-does-whoosh-mean-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-does-whoosh-mean-on-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Does \u201cWhoosh\u201d Mean on the Internet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40d29304e3c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-does-whoosh-mean-on-the-internet\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_Does_%E2%80%9CWhoosh%E2%80%9D_Mean_on_the_Internet%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;What Does \u201cWhoosh\u201d Mean on the Internet?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-does-whoosh-mean-on-the-internet\/#Missing_the_Joke\" >Missing the Joke<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-does-whoosh-mean-on-the-internet\/#The_Origin_of_the_%E2%80%9CWhoosh%E2%80%9D\" >The Origin of the \u201cWhoosh\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-does-whoosh-mean-on-the-internet\/#Reddit_and_rWhoosh\" >Reddit and r\/Whoosh<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-does-whoosh-mean-on-the-internet\/#How_to_Use_%E2%80%9CWhoosh%E2%80%9D\" >How to Use \u201cWhoosh\u201d<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_Does_%E2%80%9CWhoosh%E2%80%9D_Mean_on_the_Internet%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;What Does \u201cWhoosh\u201d Mean on the Internet?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-783723\" data-pagespeed-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/woman-pointing-up-frowning.jpg?width=398&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 400w, https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/woman-pointing-up-frowning.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/woman-pointing-up-frowning.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"A young woman frowning and pointing upward with both hands.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/sad-disappointed-sulking-asian-girl-short-2036523260\">Mix and Match Studio\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Has someone replied to you with \u201cwhoosh\u201d on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> or in a chat discussion? There might be something you\u2019re not getting. Here\u2019s what it means and how to use it online.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Missing_the_Joke\"><\/span>Missing the Joke<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On the internet, \u201cwhoosh\u201d means that someone\u2019s missed the point of the original post, especially they were unable to catch that meant to be a joke or sarcasm. If someone replies to you with a \u201cwhoosh,\u201d then there\u2019s a very good chance that you\u2019ve missed something. For example, someone posts, \u201cWow, we should just burn all the books in the library,\u201d as a joke. If you reply with a lengthy essay about the importance of preserving the written text, someone will probably respond to you with a \u201cwhoosh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People commonly use it on social media websites like Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit. There\u2019s an entire community on Reddit devoted to people who miss the point in hilarious ways called \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/whoosh\/\">r\/whoosh<\/a>.\u201d It\u2019s become a running joke across the website for people to reply to obtuse comments with \u201cr\/whoosh\u201d in reference to the subreddit.<\/p>\n<p>This slang term has many similarities with the acronym \u201cOOTL,\u201d which stands for \u201cout of the loop.\u201d Like OOTL, \u201cwhoosh\u201d is popular because of Reddit and describes someone who isn\u2019t quite sure what\u2019s going on. However, whereas someone that\u2019s \u201cOOTL\u201d is normally earnestly asking for clarification, someone who\u2019s been \u201cwhooshed\u201d might be confused as to why they\u2019ve become the butt of the joke.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>What Do &#8220;OOTL&#8221; and &#8220;ITL&#8221; Mean, and How Do You Use Them?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Origin_of_the_%E2%80%9CWhoosh%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>The Origin of the \u201cWhoosh\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The term \u201cwhoosh\u201d has been around for ages, far predating the internet meme. It started as an onomatopoeia for the sound something makes as it\u2019s quickly whizzing by, such as a bird or a paper plane. On the other hand, \u201cgoing over someone\u2019s head\u201d is an idiomatic expression that means failing to grasp or comprehend something. Artists later combined these two in comics, where they would visually represent characters missing jokes by drawing something going over their heads.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, it made its way to the internet. The first definition for \u201cwhoosh\u201d on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Whoosh&amp;page=3\">Urban Dictionary<\/a> was created in 2004 and reads, \u201cIndicates that the joke just told was too sophisticated for the listener and has gone way over their head.\u201d In 2016, the term would gain massive popularity when Redditors created the r\/whoosh subreddit. In fact, \u201cr\/whoosh\u201d has its own highly upvoted entry on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=r%2Fwhoosh\">Urban Dictionary<\/a> from 2018.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reddit_and_rWhoosh\"><\/span>Reddit and r\/Whoosh<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-783234 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Stick-Figure-Drawing-Whoosh.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Cartoon stick figure with paper airplane flying with a joke.\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" data-credittext=\"Vann Vicente\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Vann Vicente<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Compared to other social media websites, Reddit tends to have a very insular subculture. Over the years, the userbase has built up a repository of memes, in-jokes, and self-references that you\u2019d only know if you frequent the website. That\u2019s why there\u2019s still some hostility towards people who don\u2019t have a full grasp of Reddit\u2019s jokey tone and off-kilter humor. It\u2019s one of the big reasons why a community like r\/whoosh is one of the most popular subreddits on the whole website.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, people missing very obvious jokes can be very humorous. This is especially true if the person is entirely dead-serious about a topic while other users in the thread are playing around. Having someone be the unwitting straight man in a comedic scenario has been around for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Sarcasm can be very difficult to catch on the internet, especially in text-only communities like Reddit. Despite that, Reddit can be quite harsh to people who can\u2019t catch sarcastic comments. Many people <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>end the phrase \u201c\/s\u201d to the end of their posts to avoid confusion. If you see \u201c\/s\u201d at the end of an internet response, then it\u2019s intended to be completely sarcastic.<\/p>\n<p>Since it\u2019s an internet meme, there are also plenty of visual representations of someone being \u201cwhooshed.\u201d The most common is a stick figure with \u201cthe point\u201d or \u201cthe joke\u201d flying over it, with modifications such as animations or portraits of a public figure.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Use_%E2%80%9CWhoosh%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>How to Use \u201cWhoosh\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To use \u201cwhoosh,\u201d add it when you\u2019re replying to someone who doesn\u2019t understand the joke or the subject. If you\u2019re on Reddit, you can use \u201cr\/whoosh\u201d instead for full effect. Here are a few examples of this internet term in action:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThey were being sarcastic. r\/whoosh dude.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhoosh. Maybe you should read that again.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThat completely whooshed by me.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking to learn about some other strange internet slang terms, check out our pieces on ship, IANAD, and IYKYK. 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