waesucks
exclamation
Scottish Englishold useorhumorousuk/ˈweɪ.sʌks/us/ˈweɪ.sʌks/anexpressionofgreatsadnessordisappointment:
As Burnswrote: Waesucks! for him that getsnaelass.
- "Waesucks." "What?" he said . "You don'tknowwhat waesucksmeans?"
- Waesucksmeanssomething like "Alas!".
- Waesucks! Oh, thepity!
- Waesucks is aScotsword.
Linguistics: interjections
- aiyo
- alack
- alas and alackphrase
- attaboy
- attagirl
- auf Wiedersehen
- aw shucks
- figure
- goodo
- mazel tov
- more
- more power toyourelbow!idiom
- need
- need I say more?idiom
- no siridiom
- period
- small wonderidiom
- sweet
- the rest is historyidiom
- you seeidiom