How do I spell the word woah as used in surprise or excitement? Is it similar to wow except for the last w?
The OED lists woah as a variant of woa which is a variant of whoa... I don't remember ever seeing the woah spelling (I'd want to pronounce it as two syllables: wo-ah, like Noah) before moving to England [as an American], but it's a very popular spelling here. Searching just UK sites, one gets ~170,000 hits for woah and ~255,000 for whoa.
@Mari-LouA woah, those are indeed many. Interestingly, one of them is explaining precisely why, in the author's opinion, I apologize that is wrong.
Then let out a slow "Woah" or similar. If I was startled by a shout (such as your example "Don't move!") I would probably call back "What the F***?" Followed, assuming I knew the person who called out, by a question about why the warning, naming the person. As would many men/gentlemen.
For example, "Woah woah woah, calm down", the police officer responded, dissimulating. See also dissemble. Additionally, a charade, can often involve using exaggerated actions or appearances for the purpose of deception. a blatant pretense or deception, especially something so full of pretense as to be a travesty.
8 If you wanted to be gender-sensitive, you could say to males, Calm your mits. or Calm your man-tits. The alternative versions work: Take a chill pill. Calm down! Woah, there. Woah, Nelly! Naayyy! (like a horse) Chill. More alternatives can be found here.
— Woah, what just happened? — Yeah, what did just happen? This is a different use of ‘do’, of course, where the main verb is emphasised. It differs from the purely automatic ‘do’ that appears in subject-auxiliary inversion. Similarly, you could also say, “Who did do that?” as an emphatic variant of “Who did that?”.