"Welp." What it this "welp?" I've seen it on the internet,

[raccoon]

Used where a normal person would say “well.”

For example: “well, I didn’t vote for him.”

But I just saw that Welp used in a book, used by a person that would be of the boomer generation. I’ll give you chapter and verse if you like. Person in the book who was a real person, is from Indiana, so is that a regionalism? Or has the current administration been too much for me to handle?

[Aristus]

1. It's just the use of a lip-stop to add emphasis to what one is saying.

Like 'yep' and 'nope'.

[Lars39]

3. Ayup

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. What's even worse is that people often misspell it as "whelp" . . .

That drives me nuts.

And 'woah" instead of "whoa."

I don't think "welp" is regionalism. It seems to me that when "welp" is used these days it is a form of frustration. Maybe that's what sets it apart from "well?" I don't know, but it drives me crazy.

[CurtEastPoint]

6. Yes, and my favorite is 'walla' or some other idiotic version for 'Voila.'

[fleur-de-lisa]

7. I have never seen that one before (thank Dog).

[CurtEastPoint]

8. omg how could I forget "OPPS!" I mean, c'mon: coops, hoops, poops, but no... OPPS.

[fleur-de-lisa]

10. LOL!

[csziggy]

13. You don't like it when someone does a reveal by announcing "VIOLA!"

[CurtEastPoint]

15. How could I forget! Yes, that's ANOTHER variation! Viola! Jeebus.

[dameatball]

4. "Welp" has been around for generations. My dad said it now and then. Not sure where it came from.

He was from western Mass, but not sure if that has any bearing.

[Harker]

14. I knew a guy who said it.

He'd be about 60, and was from Missouri.

[Foolacious]

5. I grew up with both "well" and "welp".

And both "yes" and "yep", and "no" and "nope". And now in my later years I live in Mexico, where I hear and see both "sí" and "síp". In all these cases the final "p" seems to suggest that the utterance is ending, or at least pausing for breath.

[yardwork]

9. Grew up saying this in Ohio.

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. My mother's grandparents were from Ohio, several generations.

and I heard the word from her mother, who moved to Seattle as a kid, in 1906.

gram also would "red up the dishes" which meant clear the table, scrape the scraps, pile the dishes into the sink until a grand-daughter came along to wash them...(guess who).

She also referred to a table knife, part of the silver ware set, as a "case knife" to distinguish it from a kitchen knife that you cut things with.

and threw in some R's..as in ..."warsh rag".

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. I heard "redd up" from relatives in Nebraska and elsewhere,

though not PA or OH. It's said to be derived from a Scots or North English expression. Interestingly, "rydd opp" is Norwegian for clean up, as in wash dishes. So I'm guessing that the Scots expression might have originated in Old Norse, as is the case with a fair number of Scots words.

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Thank you!!!!

Always wondered about that phrase. Of course, when I asked family, they had no clue, just a normal word to them.

[sl8]

11. Aw, that takes me back.

"Rotten little whelp" was Mom's pet name for me.

[Skittles]

12. it is so fucking stupid

irritates the hell out of me

[Iggo]

17. Yep, I've seen it.

[shenmue]

18. So, normal people can't use slang or make fun of anything

Thanks, cheerless.