"'Uh-oh'
is not in any dictionary or thesaurus, and is seldom seen in written form. Yet
most of us utter that sound every day. And have used it all our lives.... 'Uh-oh'
is way up near the top of a list of small syllables with large meanings...
"'Uh-oh'...is a frame of mind. A philosophy. It says to expect the unexpected,
and also expect tob e able to deal with it as it happens most of the time. 'Uh-oh'
people seem not only to expect surprise, but they count on it, as if surprise
were a dimension of vatality."