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and I oop

or I oop [ and ahy oop ]

What does and I oop mean?

And I oop is a viral phrase from a video by drag queen Jasmine Masters. It has since become stereotyped as a catchphrase of VSCO girls. And I oop or I oop can be playfully used to express shock, surprise, or embarrassment.

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OOP, VSCO girl, Tumblr girl, slay, hunty, tea, snatched, okurrr

Where does and I oop come from?

And I oop originated with a YouTube video by the drag queen Jasmine Masters in October 2015. Masters made a name for herself by competing on the popular reality TV show Ru Paul’s Drag Race.

In the YouTube video, Masters complains about friends who can’t handle their alcohol. At one point, she suddenly interrupts herself, with a pained expression: “And I oop!” After a long pause, she says, “I just hit my balls.” Oop, like oops and ope, is a in interjection conveying such emotions as surprise or acknowledging a mistake. 


The video and phrase went viral in March 2019 on Twitter. User @cherryemoticon used a clip of Masters saying And I oop as a reaction to the comment: “When you’re telling your parents a crazy story and you almost snitch on yourself.”

Examples of and I oop

“AND I OOP” is literally the perfect response to EVERYTHING!!😂 it’s CRAZZZZYYYYYYY
@lifeofrickey, May 2019
if you’re dating a VSCO girl you’re single to me. what’s Kelsey gonna do to me, throw her hydroflask at me? and i oop me? sksksksk me?
@vivinguyens, September 2019
However, there's one line in particular which fans are shook by. In the second verse, Camila adds: "You say we're just friends // But friends don't know the way you taste". And I oop. Shawn and Camila are just friends IRL but the line is a great tongue and cheek reference to the dating rumours which have surrounded them since they first collaborated.
Sam Prance, PopBuzz, June 2019
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Who uses and I oop?

After @cherryemoticon posted the clip, and I oop became a meme, with users posting the phrase of Masters’s video clip to humorously represent a moment of shock and surprise at a mistake, often ironic in nature. 

In summer 2019, and I oop become associated as an catchphrase of VSCO girls. A VSCO girl is a term, generally used as an insult, for a young, usually white woman who posts trendy pictures of herself edited on the app VSCO. Apparently, VSCO girls were perceived to overuse and I oop as a cutesy-seeming acknowledgement of slip-ups in their videos.

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