What's a Whoopsie?

JillS_2

OK, I've finally had to give up on this. I understand bogof but whoopsie still has me baffled. I think I've gained a pretty fair idea of its meaning but I'd like the exact meaning - and also how it's derived - i.e like bogof is just the initials of buy one get one free.

Penelope_Penguin

It's a reduced price item - in some shops they're marked as "Whoops"

Penny. x

CCP

"Whoopsies" are things that have been reduced to clear, and are so called because one of the supermarkets (Asda, I think) puts stickers on them saying "Whoops!". Personally I think it's annoyingly cutesy, but then I don't like Asda anyway.

thisuseridistakenagain

i think it just started as 'whoops this is out of date, or bashed.broken etc'

Blackpool_Saver

isn't whoops what used to be on asda reduced stuff......

JillS_2

Thanks everyone. What a quick response! It's been bugging me for ages - I should have posted sooner. I don't have a nearby Asda so it's not something I've ever seen in the shops.

Oops! (This post is an oopsie) I should probably have added it to the quick question thread.

GarryJ68

JillS wrote: »

OK, I've finally had to give up on this. I understand bogof but whoopsie still has me baffled. I think I've gained a pretty fair idea of its meaning but I'd like the exact meaning - and also how it's derived - i.e like bogof is just the initials of buy one get one free.

When they reduce stuff at Asda it has a sticker on it that says whooops... or at least it used to

ste_coxy

GarryJ68 wrote: »

When they reduce stuff at Asda it has a sticker on it that says whooops... or at least it used to

they still do same WHOOPS - they used 2b red stickers and now they are yellow stickers