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Such desperate attempts to claim superiority - ouch, the lurking trolls get more freaky on each passing day.

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  1. interjection Used to express sudden pain or displeasure.
  2. noun A setting for a precious stone.
  3. noun A brooch or buckle set with jewels.
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  • "And this was supposed to be PeeWee's Big Adventure, and this was -- ouch!" —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 01 - January 2000
  • A hard downstroke, ouch, then upward, ouch, then down. —  Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
  • That was a hell of a game and respect to ouch, ouch, Holmes and Ben. —  Blog updates
  • What a great camera, definitely the best (and, ouch, the most expensive) I've ever owned. —  mythicaldude
  • Such desperate attempts to claim superiority - ouch, the lurking trolls get more freaky on each passing day. —  Think Progress
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  1. Middle English ouche, from Anglo-Norman (une) ouche, alteration of (une) nouch, (a) brooch, of Germanic origin; see ned- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English ouche; a form of nouch, due to misdivision of a nouch as an ouch: see nouch.
  2. Also outch: a mere exclamation; cf. ow.
 

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