oh-so

English

Adjective

oh-so (not comparable)

Alternative form of oh so
- 1971 July–August, Capt. Jacque Cestlabote, “Restrain Sloan Wilson!”, in Boating, →ISSN, page 8:
  His oh-so-witty (ugh) remarks on the loud hailer constitute one more proof that this instrument has minimal value on a pleasure boat.
- 1995 December 1, schlock, “STARDIARY #6: MAYBE IT'S TIME TREKKERS WENT *ON STRIKE*.”, in alt.startrek‎^[1] (Usenet):
  (Had I missed "Elogium" I would have oh-so-little material for the J/C crusade!)
- 1996 April 28, “Movie week with Jonathan Richards: Old gay times”, in Wales on Sunday, page 22:
  Cue handbagsful of oh-so-unfunny cross dressing jokes, triple-entendres and more screeching at Windsor Safari Park.
- 1999, Reesa, “My very late Friscon report”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):
  I met so many other great people who have a similar interest in pairing up those oh-so-slashable couples.
- 2000 March 2, Clopin DeLenuit, “Sacrificing Liberty for Safety. Was: School Shooting Tragedy.”, in alt.fairs.renaissance‎^[2] (Usenet):
  In the not too distant future, I envision a world not unlike the movie Escape from New York and it's oh-so-crapperific sequel, Escape from L.A.
- 2001, Joshua Nedelman, The Garden of Eastern, page 36:
  Jimmy leaned forward holding his ear, the personification of naïveté, looking as young as a baby with his oh-so-innocent face. “Oh, way to get us busted, Jimmy,” Curt hissed under his breath.
- 2004 May 18, Sushubh Mittal, “Google GMail – The Email Experience”, in Search Engine Journal‎^[3]:
  I got in to the oh-so-awesome GMail network courtesy of a friend last week. Now, another e-mail id to look after? That is not exactly convenient.
- 2006, Cecily von Ziegesar, Gossip Girl 10: Would I Lie to You, Bloomsbury, published 2008, →ISBN, page 98:
  "Yooo-hooo. Excuse me, dear."
  Had someone called security?
  Vanessa turned oh-so-casually to come face-to-face with Bailey Winter himself, the gaytastic designer […] and the host of the party she just happened to be crashing.
- 2009, Sydney Salter, Jungle Crossing, Harcourt, →ISBN, pages 16–17:
  I turned thirteen the week after school got out (and had a slumber party that even Fiona called “oh-so funtastic”).
- 2009 June 3, Mary Sanchez, “Underestimating Sotomayor: Nominee’s past doesn’t necessarily predict her future”, in Muscatine Journal, Muscatine, Iowa, page 4A, column 3:
  I wish Sonia Sotomayor didn’t have quite so much empathy. I’d like to hear her unleash a New Yorkian tongue-lashing on the oh-so-predictable detractors who are circling as if a weaker species has come into their den.
- 2011, Melanie Harvey, chapter 30, in Indispensable Friendship & Death Collide, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 204:
  You smiling your oh-so-perfect smile and me with the biggest, cockiest grin on my face you can ever imagine. I would have been the cockiest man alive that night knowing you were going home with me.
- 2011, Scott Granneman, Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Power Users: Advanced Capabilities and Techniques, Apress, →ISBN, page 51:
  […] it’s truly incredible how similar the Finder’s behaviors are today to that oh-so-crude yet oh-so-amazing Finder of 1984
- 2013, Sophia Dembling, 100 Places in the USA Every Woman Should Go:
  And the celebrities. And the Europeans. And the supermodels. The old hotels were buffed and puffed, painted and pampered and neon-ed up, and South Beach blossomed again into a playground for the über-fabulous. Oh-so-very fabulous.
- 2013 October 5, Nellie Andreeva, “Nicole Kidman To Star In And Produce 'Reconstructing Amelia' Film For HBO”, in Deadline:
  Jonah was being sarcastic, yet you got on a major high horse with your teal deer, oh-so-serious reply to him.
- 2021 March 9, “What is a sigma male — the so-called rarest man?”, in National Post:
  Recently, chatter on social media has people buzzing about the oh-so-rare sigma male.

Usage notes

Usually joined with the following adjective or adverb with a hyphen.

Anagrams

Hoos, SOHO, soho, Soho, SoHo, shoo, oohs