oh-so

English

Adjective

oh-so (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of oh so
   • 1971 July–August, Capt. Jacque Cestlabote, “Restrain Sloan Wilson!”, in Boating, →ISSN, page 8:

     His oh-so-witty (ugh) remarks on the loud hailer constitute one more proof that this instrument has minimal value on a pleasure boat.

   • 1995 December 1, schlock, “STARDIARY #6: MAYBE IT'S TIME TREKKERS WENT *ON STRIKE*.”, in alt.startrek‎^[1] (Usenet):

     (Had I missed "Elogium" I would have oh-so-little material for the J/C crusade!)

   • 1996 April 28, “Movie week with Jonathan Richards: Old gay times”, in Wales on Sunday, page 22:

     Cue handbagsful of oh-so-unfunny cross dressing jokes, triple-entendres and more screeching at Windsor Safari Park.

   • 1999, Reesa, “My very late Friscon report”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):

     I met so many other great people who have a similar interest in pairing up those oh-so-slashable couples.

   • 2000 March 2, Clopin DeLenuit, “Sacrificing Liberty for Safety. Was: School Shooting Tragedy.”, in alt.fairs.renaissance‎^[2] (Usenet):

     In the not too distant future, I envision a world not unlike the movie Escape from New York and it's oh-so-crapperific sequel, Escape from L.A.

   • 2001, Joshua Nedelman, The Garden of Eastern, page 36:

     Jimmy leaned forward holding his ear, the personification of naïveté, looking as young as a baby with his oh-so-innocent face. “Oh, way to get us busted, Jimmy,” Curt hissed under his breath.

   • 2004 May 18, Sushubh Mittal, “Google GMail – The Email Experience”, in Search Engine Journal‎^[3]:

     I got in to the oh-so-awesome GMail network courtesy of a friend last week. Now, another e-mail id to look after? That is not exactly convenient.

   • 2006, Cecily von Ziegesar, Gossip Girl 10: Would I Lie to You, Bloomsbury, published 2008, →ISBN, page 98:

     "Yooo-hooo. Excuse me, dear."
     Had someone called security?
     Vanessa turned oh-so-casually to come face-to-face with Bailey Winter himself, the gaytastic designer […] and the host of the party she just happened to be crashing.

   • 2009, Sydney Salter, Jungle Crossing, Harcourt, →ISBN, pages 16–17:

     I turned thirteen the week after school got out (and had a slumber party that even Fiona called “oh-so funtastic”).

   • 2009 June 3, Mary Sanchez, “Underestimating Sotomayor: Nominee’s past doesn’t necessarily predict her future”, in Muscatine Journal, Muscatine, Iowa, page 4A, column 3:

     I wish Sonia Sotomayor didn’t have quite so much empathy. I’d like to hear her unleash a New Yorkian tongue-lashing on the oh-so-predictable detractors who are circling as if a weaker species has come into their den.

   • 2011, Melanie Harvey, chapter 30, in Indispensable Friendship & Death Collide, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 204:

     You smiling your oh-so-perfect smile and me with the biggest, cockiest grin on my face you can ever imagine. I would have been the cockiest man alive that night knowing you were going home with me.

   • 2011, Scott Granneman, Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Power Users: Advanced Capabilities and Techniques, Apress, →ISBN, page 51:

     […] it’s truly incredible how similar the Finder’s behaviors are today to that oh-so-crude yet oh-so-amazing Finder of 1984

   • 2013, Sophia Dembling, 100 Places in the USA Every Woman Should Go:

     And the celebrities. And the Europeans. And the supermodels. The old hotels were buffed and puffed, painted and pampered and neon-ed up, and South Beach blossomed again into a playground for the über-fabulous. Oh-so-very fabulous.

   • 2013 October 5, Nellie Andreeva, “Nicole Kidman To Star In And Produce 'Reconstructing Amelia' Film For HBO”, in Deadline:

     Jonah was being sarcastic, yet you got on a major high horse with your teal deer, oh-so-serious reply to him.

   • 2021 March 9, “What is a sigma male — the so-called rarest man?”, in National Post:

     Recently, chatter on social media has people buzzing about the oh-so-rare sigma male.

Usage notes

Usually joined with the following adjective or adverb with a hyphen.