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==Dictionary== The term "d'oh!" has been used or adopted by many ''Simpsons'' fans as well as non-fans. The term has become commonplace in modern speech and demonstrates the extent of the show's influence. "D'oh!" was first added to the ''[[Oxford Dictionary of English]]'' in 1998 as an interjection with the definition "(usually [in a manner] mildly derogatory) used to comment on an action perceived as foolish or stupid."<ref name=CBC_Oxford>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news2/indepth/words/doh_oed.html |title=D'oh! A Dictionary update |access-date=September 8, 2008|date=July 17, 2001 |author=Shewchuk, Blair |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC News]]}}</ref> In 2001, the word "d'oh" was added to the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'';<ref name="oed">OED, 3rd draft online edition, s.v. "doh"</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1387335.stm |title=It's in the dictionary, d'oh! |access-date=August 16, 2007 |date=June 14, 2001 |work=BBC News, Entertainment |publisher=BBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021203092605/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1387335.stm |archive-date=December 3, 2002}}</ref> The definition given is:<ref name="oed"/><ref> {{cite magazine |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/78912?tid=relatedcl |title='D'oh!' The Right Thing? |access-date=September 7, 2008 |date=June 15, 2001 |magazine=[[Newsweek]]}}</ref> :"Expressing frustration at the realisation that things have turned out badly or not as planned, or that one has just said or done something foolish. Also (usu. mildly ''derogatory''): implying that another person has said or done something foolish" (cf. [[wikt:duh|<small>DUH</small> ''int.'']]). The headword spelling is ''doh'', but ''d'oh'' is listed as a variant (as is ''dooh''). The etymology section notes "the word appears (in the form ''D'oh'') in numerous publications based on ''The Simpsons''".<ref name="oed"/> Eight quotations featuring the sound "d'oh" are cited: the earliest is from a 1945 episode of the BBC radio series ''[[It's That Man Again]]''; two others are ''Simpsons''-related.<ref name="oed"/><ref name=dict>{{cite news|url=http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/04/the-simpsons/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420103949/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/04/the-simpsons/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 20, 2013|title=Ay caramba! A look at some of the language of The Simpsons|date=April 17, 2013|access-date=September 14, 2013|publisher=Oxford Dictionaries}}</ref>
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