Sometimes, very small parts of a game can have a surprisingly large presence in the zeitgeist, like “press F to pay respects” from Call of Duty. One of these small but mighty memes is the “oof” sound ...

The relentless coronavirus pandemic, the nation’s ongoing reckoning with race and identity, and the ever-changing world of technology continue to shape the English language — including slang. The ...

Anyone who's sunk time intoRoblox is familiar with the silly "oof"sound effect that plays whenever someone dies. For fans, it's the stuff of legend — which is why they're upset that it's gone. "Due to ...

Roblox's iconic "oof" sound, which players typically hear when their avatars succumb to misfortune and are set to respawn in-game, will no longer be available on the platform, at least for the ...

Roblox is a sandbox game creation tool that is apparently played by "over half" of kids in the US. Like any massive platform for user-generated content, most of its users don't know (or don't care) ...

A dedicated group of Robloxians will soon host a funeral for the sandbox game's iconic 'oof' sound in the metaverse. The OOF Funeral will kick off at 12pm PDT / 3pm EDT/ 8pm BST / 9pm CEST July 28 and ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook As of right now, it sounds like there are no plans to bring back the “oof” sound in any official ...

Roblox has entirely removed the famed "oof" death sound from all its player-created games. Announced yesterday via the official Roblox Twitter account, the developer has revealed that the "oof" sound ...

While some of them might be enough to make you say "oof," the over 300 new words and definitions added to Dictionary.com during its most recent round of updates reflect the realities of our rapidly ...

Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and C.E.O., announced in a town-hall forum that Facebook, at long last, was considering a supplement to the like button: a so-called dislike button, or ...

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