ugh English · revision 6415

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʌx/, /ɜːh/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is imitative, of a cough or grunt.^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A representation of an inarticulate sound such as a cough: 1765 in the OED and Etymonline;^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) MWU has 1678, and the form ough is from the 1560s.^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an interjection of disgust or aversion it is from 1822 in Etymonline, 1837 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The Cambridge pronouncing dictionary notes that many pronunciations are possible, including a velar fricative /ʌx/.^(Roach et al. 2011) ''Ugh'' was also a proprietary name for a sheepskin boot (1969).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1560s – ough.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1765 – a cough or grunt.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1822 – an exclamation of disgust.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Interjection===

+ # Used to express [[disgust]], dislike or annoyance.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[yuck]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}