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INFORMAL · AUSTRALIAN exclamation used to express acknowledgement of one’s failure to retort a critical remark, usually during an exchange of banter. “‘You wish you could do that!’ ‘Uh Matt…’” • HUMOROUS used as a friendly or informal greeting, or to attract attention. Etymology: from common interjection ‘uh’ + ‘Matt’, short for Matthew, the name of the person who coined the exclamation; popularised by the humorous nature of this remark, the use of this exclamation spread from western New South Wales to eastern New South Wales over a short period of time during the beginning of 2024
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