big whoop
idiom
US, informal
—used in an ironic way to say that something is not important or impressive
"Their team is going to the play-offs." "Big whoop."
It might look special but it's really no big whoop.
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Arranging up-close interviews for the show is no big whoop.
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Tim Graham, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The woman who is dealing with the literal fallout from the incident is Louise Maske (Lyndsy Kail), insisting that hey, no big whoop.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
Forty years ago, four men put on uniforms, came up with a catchy logo — a startled specter in a red circle with a slash going through it, no big whoop — strapped on some proton packs and saved New York City from an evil deity holed up in a penthouse.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
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Tim Graham, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The woman who is dealing with the literal fallout from the incident is Louise Maske (Lyndsy Kail), insisting that hey, no big whoop.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
Forty years ago, four men put on uniforms, came up with a catchy logo — a startled specter in a red circle with a slash going through it, no big whoop — strapped on some proton packs and saved New York City from an evil deity holed up in a penthouse.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Big whoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20whoop. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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