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[[Image:Soapoperapaper.png|thumb|right|Preeeow...]]
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[[Image:Soapoperapaper.png|thumb|160px|The word "[[preeeeow]]" sounds like the noise a {{w|Dot matrix printing|dot-matrix printer}} makes.]]
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A few '''[[Wikipedia:Onomatopoeia|onomatopoeic]]''' words have been coined in the [[Homestar Runner universe]].
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An '''{{w|onomatopoeia}}''' is a word that phonetically resembles the sound it describes.
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! Onomatopoeia !! Stands For !! Debuts As Onomatopoeia In
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Commonly, onomatopoeic words are [[Spoken Sound Effects|spoken aloud]] by [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] [[characters]] to [[Self-Narrated Actions|describe actions they are taking]]; for instance, [[Strong Bad]] imitates the sound of instruments while {{w|Air guitar|pretending to play them}}. Onomatopoeias also appear in written form, such as in the comics [[Teen Girl Squad]] or [[Strong Badman|The Total Adventures of Strong Badman]].
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== List of words ==
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! Onomatopoeia !! Sound described !! Debuts as onomatopoeia in
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| align=center | Jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga JAH JAH
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| align=center | Basic rhythm guitar
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| align=center | [[guitar]]
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| align=center | Meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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| align=center | [[Hot lixx]] way up high on the tiny strings
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| align=center | [[guitar]]
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| align=center | Dou dow da dou da da DOU da dou da dou dou dou
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| align=center | [[Strong Mad]]'s bass
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| align=center | [[guitar]]
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| align=center | Boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boo
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| align=center | [[The Cheat]]'s keyboard
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| align=center | [[guitar]]
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| align=center | [[Voip]]
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| align=center | Several noises, such as lasers or other beams
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| align=center | [[comic]]
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| align=center | [[Douglas]]
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| align=center | The sound of a sycamore tree branch scraping against a window in [[House of the Brothers Strong|Strong Bad's house]].
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| align=center | [[cheat talk]]
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| align=center | Bat! Bat! Bat! Bat! Bat! Bat! Bat!
| align=center | Bat! Bat! Bat! Bat! Bat! Bat! Bat!
| align=center | [[Thomas]] hitting [[What's Her Face]] with a bat
| align=center | [[Thomas]] hitting [[What's Her Face]] with a bat
| align=center | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]]
| align=center | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]]
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| align=center | [[Preeeeow]]
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| align=center | The sound that [[The Paper]] made
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| align=center | [[autobiography]]
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| align=center | Chomp!
| align=center | Chomp!
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| align=center | [[Cheerleader]] doing a double double whipless mochaccino half caf into a lion's mouth
| align=center | [[Cheerleader]] doing a double double whipless mochaccino half caf into a lion's mouth
| align=center | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 6]]
| align=center | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 6]]
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| align=center | [[Preeeeow]]
 
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| align=center | The sound that [[The Paper]] made
 
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| align=center | [[autobiography]]
 
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| align=center | [[Voip]]
 
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| align=center | Several noises, such as lasers or other beams
 
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| align=center | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 1]]
 
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| align=center | Dooj
 
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| align=center | Explosion
 
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| align=center | [[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]]
 
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| align=center | [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|Sblounskched!]]
 
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| align=center | Squishing noise
 
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| align=center | [[Strongest Man in the World]]
 
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| align=center | Meh
| align=center | Meh
| align=center | Used for various noises [[The Cheat]] makes
| align=center | Used for various noises [[The Cheat]] makes
| align=center | [[Peasant's Quest]]
| align=center | [[Peasant's Quest]]
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| align=center | BAOW! FOM! FROOSH!
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| align=center | What Strong Bad uses the abbreviation "BFF" for in the story
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| align=center | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]]
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| align=center | Way-o, way-o
| align=center | Way-o, way-o
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| align=center | [[geddup noise]]
| align=center | [[geddup noise]]
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| align=center | (Heunh heownh heunh heownh) vvvvvt eangt clonk-a-donk
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| align=center | [[Dooj]]
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| align=center | The sound that [[New Paper]] makes
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| align=center | Explosion
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| align=center | [[the paper]]
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| align=center | [[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]]
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| align=center | Broodle-broodle-broodle blap-biddle-baddle!
| align=center | Broodle-broodle-broodle blap-biddle-baddle!
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| align=center | [[death metal]]
| align=center | [[death metal]]
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| align=center | Jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga JAH JAH
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| align=center | Shaheen
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| align=center | Basic rhythm guitar
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| align=center | The last name of an email sender, interpreted by Strong Bad as a sound effect.
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| align=center | [[guitar]]
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| align=center | [[theme song]]
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| align=center | Meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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| align=center | [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|Sblounskched!]]
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| align=center | Hot lixx way up high on the tiny strings
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| align=center | Squishing noise
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| align=center | [[guitar]]
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| align=center | [[Strongest Man in the World]]
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| align=center | Dou dow da dou da da DOU da dou da dou dou dou
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| align=center | [[Strong Mad]]'s bass
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| align=center | [[guitar]]
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| align=center | Boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boo
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| align=center | [[The Cheat]]'s keyboard
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| align=center | [[guitar]]
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| align=center | [[Douglas]]
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| align=center | The sound of a sycamore tree branch scraping against a window in [[House of the Brothers Strong|Strong Bad's house]].
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| align=center | [[cheat talk]]
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| align=center | Wah-Dlah! Wee-Dlah!
| align=center | Wah-Dlah! Wee-Dlah!
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| align=center | Creepy crickets
| align=center | Creepy crickets
| align=center | [[Happy Hallow-day]]
| align=center | [[Happy Hallow-day]]
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| align=center | Whaaa-donk. Click-click-click-click-click-click-click.
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| align=center | Strong Bad's imitation of a siren.
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| align=center | [[looking old]]
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| align=center | (Heunh heownh heunh heownh) vvvvvt eangt clonk-a-donk
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| align=center | The sound that [[New Paper]] makes
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| align=center | [[the paper]]
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| align=center | Mow-do-mow! Mow-do-mow! Moodly-mow, moodly-mow, moodly-mow! Meedly-meedly-meedly-mow, meedly-mow! Mow-do-mow! Mow-do-mow, mowdow, mow-dow-do-mow!
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| align=center | Strong Bad's imitation of a guitar solo
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| align=center | [[concert]]
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| align=center | Dwayne!
| align=center | Dwayne!
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| align=center | [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]: Concept art is a SCAM!
| align=center | [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]]: Concept art is a SCAM!
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| align=center | BAOW! FOM! FROOSH!
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| align=center | THUCK!
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| align=center | What Strong Bad believes to be what the abbreviation "BFF" means
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| align=center | Impaling [[The King of Town]] with a spear
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| align=center | [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]]
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| align=center | [[being mean]]
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| align=center | Mow-do-mow! Mow-do-mow! Moodly-mow, moodly-mow, moodly-mow! Meedly-meedly-meedly-mow, meedly-mow! Mow-do-mow! Mow-do-mow, mowdow, mow-dow-do-mow!
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| align=center | Poink!
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| align=center | Strong Bad's imitation of a guitar solo
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| align=center | Homestar removing a leaf from the groin of his own statue
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| align=center | [[concert]]
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| align=center | [[April Fool 2014]]
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| align=center | Waughmp Waughmp
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| align=center | A synth bass
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| align=center | [[Fish Eye Lens]]
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| align=center | Cathunk!
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| align=center | Bubs inserting the Betaflop-D cassette into the BR0K4W Beigemost
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| align=center | [[too cool]]
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Current revision as of 21:28, 28 October 2025

The word "preeeeow" sounds like the noise a dot-matrix printer makes.

An onomatopoeia is a word that phonetically resembles the sound it describes.

Commonly, onomatopoeic words are spoken aloud by Homestar Runner characters to describe actions they are taking; for instance, Strong Bad imitates the sound of instruments while pretending to play them. Onomatopoeias also appear in written form, such as in the comics Teen Girl Squad or The Total Adventures of Strong Badman.

[edit] List of words

Onomatopoeia Sound described Debuts as onomatopoeia in
Jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga jug jigga JAH JAH Basic rhythm guitar guitar
Meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley meedley MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Hot lixx way up high on the tiny strings guitar
Dou dow da dou da da DOU da dou da dou dou dou Strong Mad's bass guitar
Boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boop boo The Cheat's keyboard guitar
Voip Several noises, such as lasers or other beams comic
Douglas The sound of a sycamore tree branch scraping against a window in Strong Bad's house. cheat talk
Bat! Bat! Bat! Bat! Bat! Bat! Bat! Thomas hitting What's Her Face with a bat Teen Girl Squad Issue 2
Preeeeow The sound that The Paper made autobiography
Chomp! The Ugly One cannonballing into a lion's mouth Teen Girl Squad Issue 6
Shomp! So and So doing a triple salchow into a lion's mouth Teen Girl Squad Issue 6
Shoop! Cheerleader doing a double double whipless mochaccino half caf into a lion's mouth Teen Girl Squad Issue 6
Meh Used for various noises The Cheat makes Peasant's Quest
BAOW! FOM! FROOSH! What Strong Bad uses the abbreviation "BFF" for in the story Teen Girl Squad Issue 9
Way-o, way-o Coach Z's description of The Geddup Noise geddup noise
Dooj Explosion Strong Bad is a Bad Guy
Broodle-broodle-broodle blap-biddle-baddle! The sound Strong Bad's quadruple bass pedal would presumably make if he had one death metal
Shaheen The last name of an email sender, interpreted by Strong Bad as a sound effect. theme song
Sblounskched! Squishing noise Strongest Man in the World
Wah-Dlah! Wee-Dlah! Broken wheelchair on cobblestone Happy Hallow-day
Hort! Hort hooort! Hort hort! Spooky owl Happy Hallow-day
Cracket! Cracket-dadadadadadada! Creepy crickets Happy Hallow-day
Whaaa-donk. Click-click-click-click-click-click-click. Strong Bad's imitation of a siren. looking old
(Heunh heownh heunh heownh) vvvvvt eangt clonk-a-donk The sound that New Paper makes the paper
Mow-do-mow! Mow-do-mow! Moodly-mow, moodly-mow, moodly-mow! Meedly-meedly-meedly-mow, meedly-mow! Mow-do-mow! Mow-do-mow, mowdow, mow-dow-do-mow! Strong Bad's imitation of a guitar solo concert
Dwayne! Strong Bad's signature shapeshifting noise shapeshifter
HONK SHOOoooo!!! Strong Bad snoring SBCG4AP Dev Blog: Concept art is a SCAM!
THUCK! Impaling The King of Town with a spear being mean
Poink! Homestar removing a leaf from the groin of his own statue April Fool 2014
Waughmp Waughmp A synth bass Fish Eye Lens
Cathunk! Bubs inserting the Betaflop-D cassette into the BR0K4W Beigemost too cool
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