• mPony@lemmy.worldEnglish
    64·
    4 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.worldEnglish
      25·
      4 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.

      • Sabata@ani.socialEnglish
        111·
        4 months 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…