oh, the humanity
Tragedy's verbal reaction
Oh, the humanity is an exclamation of horror or anguish at witnessing catastrophe, originally from a radio reporter's tearful broadcast as the Hindenburg airship burst into flames in 1937.
The phrase now appears mostly in ironic or mock-dramatic contexts, lamenting trivial inconveniences: The coffee machine is broken—oh, the humanity!
- HindenburgIll-fated German dirigible
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- TitanicIll-fated 1912 vessel
- memesSelf-propagating cultural units
- viral momentRapidly spreading online event
tragedy · despair · live reporting · breaking news · fire · disaster · poignancy · Lakehurst · fear · radio broadcast · zeppelin · panic · mass hysteria · catastrophe · calamity · airship · idiom · exclamation
oh, the humanityhallelujah
Joyful exclamation of gratitude
hurrah · hooray · what a relief · thank God · praise the Lord
oh, the humanitywho cares
Dismissive indifference expression
so what · good riddance · not my problem · indifference · big deal
humanity, human, humane, humanly, humanize, humanization, humanoid, inhuman, inhumane