• @mPony@lemmy.world
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    311 months ago

    still strange to see “welp” has integrated into communication in this way.

    Well is a word (a place to get water, and how you can be described while getting it)

    Whelp is a word (the act of birthing adorable canines)

    • @AlotOfReading@lemmy.world
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      1711 months ago

      “welp” isn’t related to whelping. It’s a way to write the word “well” when it’s used as an interjection (meaning it has no definition). The word is often pronounced with a terminal -p and people started writing the letter in text.