Aaargh

How You Express Yourself When Something Is Wrong

by Rickard Andersson (rickard@softlab.se)
written 30 Dec 1994

This article is classified "Real"


This verbal expression can be heard in many situations.  It is said by
people who have found out that something isn't quite all right.  It
shows their feelings of having done something the wrong way or in the
wrong place.

Well, maybe the best way to show you how to use the expression is with
these small examples:

          * When people finds out that they have done the wrong assignment
            for homework, they will sometime express their feeling with an
            Aaargh.

          * Picture yourself outside your house with all the keys to the
            door inside the house.  Yes, an Aaargh is the right thing to
            say.

          * If you has programmed a very interesting piece of code, and
            then accidentally hits the wrong keys and erases everything,
            an Aaargh is perfectly accurate to scream.

          * When you have written an article and you can't seem to stop
            adding more or less useful explanations, the only thing to do
            is to end with an Aaargh.

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