• @AlotOfReading@lemmy.world
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    247 days 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.

    • Sabata
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      117 days ago

      $ well -p

      bash: well: command not found

      I honestly don’t know what I’m doing with my life, but saw terminal and… welp…