This website is dedicated to keeping this word alive and a part of our language. 
An expression used by people of scandinavian heritage…when they are overwhelmed. Can and is readily exchanged for such expressions as wow, oh my goodness, ouch, oh my God!. Examples. Oofta, I’m tired! Oofta she is so dumb! Oofta, this oatmeal is burned. Oofta this house is a mess. Oofta I’m glad the grandkids have left! Oofta that’s a big load of timber!
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Niki // July 11, 2008 at 5:03 pm |
Well, thank you. I am originally from N. Illinois and for most of my life, my Norwegian grandmother used the phrase “oofta.” Now I am knowledged in the history of a word I still use today. I live in L0uisiana and can now relay this information to those who laugh at my yankee ways.