ruh-roh

First used by Astro on the cartoon The Jetsons and later by Scooby-Doo in the Scooby-Doo cartoon series; both characters are dogs who speak broken English with the insertion of many r's.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌʔˌɹoʊ/

ruh-roh

1. (humorous) Alternative form of uh-oh.
   • 2007, Robert Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson, Building the Perfect PC, O'Reilly, published 2007, →ISBN, page 228:

     After we finished securing the motherboard, we planned to shoot an image of the rear I/O panel to show that none of the grounding tabs were obstructing ports. Ruh-roh. When we got down to shoot a close-up, we were surprised to see that both Gigabit Ethernet ports were obstructed, […]

   • 2011, Kristan Higgins, Until There Was You‎^[1], Harlequin, published 2011, →ISBN:

     Ruh-roh, Posey thought. Something was about to hit the fan.

   • 2012, Roxanne St. Claire, Don't You Wish, Delacorte Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 352:

     Missy makes a face. “Ruh-roh. He sounds mad."

   • 2021 May 9, Tim McAuliffe, “When You Lose, You Win” (6:24 from the start), in Bless the Harts‎^[2], season 2, episode 21, spoken by Betty Hart (Maya Rudolph):

     “Ruh-roh. Work, wheels.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ruh-roh.