The Brief: Online, the word "woosh" refers to when something has gone over someone's head.

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“Woosh,” sometimes written as “whoosh,” is an onomatopoeia of the sound something might make while flying over someone’s head. Online, it’s typically used to reference when a comment or joke has gone over someone’s head.

The subreddit r/woosh, which is dedicated to posts where people completely miss the joke or the point, has over 197,000 members. Outside of this subreddit, people often use “woosh” and “r/woosh” synonymously.

An Urban Dictionary entry cleverly defines “woosh” as “This, along with the joke, had gone over your head.”

Example:

Condom Mints from woosh