Just wondering, is the word "woah" a good thing, a bad thing or both?

Well I'm curious about this word because there have been quite a lot of people who say different things. Some say it means like shocking, some say it's totally a good thing like epic, others say it can be interpreted both ways (bad or good, depending on what the person was feeling about a particular situation.

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  • That depends.

    If you know you've gained a lot of weight since your BF has been gone because you let yourself go, got depressed and met Ben and Jerry but you think he won't notice after being deployed for the past 6 months and you go to JC Penny and buy a frilly coochie skirt and a tube top and meet him at his homecoming dinner at his favorite restaurant, "Awesome Fucking Steakhouse" or some shit and you RUN towards him when you see him, wrap your arms around his waist, shout his name, let go, and look into his beautiful baby blue eyes and the first word that comes out of his mouth is

    "Whoa"

    That might be a bad thing.

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    • what the hell u on about, this has absolutely irrelevant because that is just a fairy tale story u just made up O.o. Please make proper statements thanks.

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      • Please write properly thanks.

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        • stop trying to antagonize me, because it aint working

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          • You want summa dis? You really want summa dis?
            Sense of humor, buddy, you'd benefit from one.

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  • Eg. I shat my pants.

    Woah.

    Eg. I got a ferrari.

    Woah.

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  • Then there's the Keanu 'whoa' which cannot be defined.

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    • Eh...I'm of the belief that anything Keanu is bad by default...

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      • Greg grunberg is the fat version of him.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Grunberg

        I found Fat Keanu.

        WOAH!!!!

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    • what the hell is keanu??

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  • Stop, when riding a horse.

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    • im not meaning that sort of woah LOL

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  • It depends on the context. Usually I use it in a joking way.

    "Woah! Calm down broseph!"

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    • hmm ok, thanks for your comment

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  • Like jucedaguy says, "Whoa" means to stop. You'd use it in other contexts when something is shocking you or anything really that you'd want to stop or slow down.

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    • what about if someone says woah after an accidental kiss and then laughs

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      • What type of laugh? I'd have to be there.

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        • how am i meant to explain what sort of laugh, it was a laugh lol

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          • Dat why I'd have to be there. It sounds like it could be an awkward "Whoa *laugh*" or a surprised "Whoa *laugh*".

            And how dare you mock me with your 'lol!" lol.
            ;P

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            • ohh ok, a good surprise or bad, try and be more specific please and I didn't intend to "mock" you lololo

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  • I use it when I find out something that has shocked me. Could be either good or bad.

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