r/woooosh

Etymology
From r/woooosh, a subreddit (discussion forum) on the American social news aggregation and discussion website Reddit in which Redditors post about Internet users who misinterpreted sarcastic statements as earnest, i.e. the joke went over their head. The subreddit name is thus taken from the onomatopoeia, representing the sound of a joke ostensibly flying over one's head. On Reddit, subreddits can be converted into hyperlinks by typing out their name in full, preceded by.

Usage notes

 * While the name of the original subreddit contains four ohs, the number of ohs in the interjection varies. While it can be elongated, the most common variation is, modelled after the word.