aah

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Yeah, no, really, this was like aah -- why didn't I remember this?

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  1. interjection Used to express pleasure, satisfaction, surprise, or great joy.
  2. intransitive verb To exclaim in pleasure, satisfaction, surprise, or great joy: The crowd was oohing and aahing beside the panda's enclosure.

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  • Yeah, no, really, this was like aah -- why didn't I remember this? —  Adam Savage's obsessions
  • Aah, aah, aah. —  Einstein the Parrot talks and squawks
  • Sure they ooh and aah, but no one appreciates me like you do. —  ARTEMIS FOWL is a child prodigy from Ireland who has dedicated his brilliant mind to criminal activities
  • It's a side trip to an interesting hypothetical place, like a day trip to a mountain ruin; perfectly pleasant, diverting but all you can do is take a quick look, ooh and aah, then it's back on the bus and home. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 02 - February 1995
  • The baby goes “Wa-aah!” So I run halfway across the lawn. —  Magazine - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine - 2007-02 - February
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