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Interjection: "(US, Canada, humorous) used to indicate failure or disappointment"
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- 2014, Tim McMahan, "All About Survival and Spotify", The Reader, 25 December - 31 December 2014, page 11:
- Last week the Wall Street Journal reported LP sales surged 49 percent last year and that factories are struggling to keep pace, but in the end, vinyl sales represent only 2 percent of U.S. music sales (*sad trombone*).
- 2017, Estelle Oliveri, "Your Facebook And Instagram Posts Suck....And Here's Why!", Hairbiz, Year 11, Issue 2 (2017), page 94:
- It's when you get excited about posting something you think is great... and yet not one of your clients or followers engage with the content. *Sad trombone....*
- 2017, Chris Putz, "Kielbasa wins again; Pelli leads all", The Westfield News, 15 June 2017, page 9:
- Two individuals picked Always Dreaming and Gunnevera (neither of whom were entered), and one soul chose "Irish War Glorey", which is a cool name for a horse, but not the correct one. (Sad trombone.)
- 2019, "Chutes and Ladders: Legislative Bill Edition", City Weekly, 31 January 2019, page 10:
- Any time a player's token lands on the top of a chute, the token must "slide" down to the final square where that chute is pictured (sad trombone).
- 2019, Darby Doyle, "Feast Your Senses", Devour, October 2019, page 51:
- Fox notes that at one time it was available in Utah but was discontinued (cue sad trombone).
- 2019, Jeff Shore, Follow Up and Close the Sale: Make Easy (and Effective) Follow-Up Your Winning Habit, page 5:
- And then you never hear from that person again. (Wah-wah...sad trombone.)