“Whoa” is hardly a new word; it dates back to at least the early 17 th century. At that time it was used mostly in shouted form and was intended to garner the attention of someone in the distance.

Whoa, if true: A brief history of News Twitter’s favorite phrase It is one of the most common sarcastic responses to weird, exaggerated, and impossible news stories. Eric Geller ...

One such word is “whoa”. Is that the correct spelling, or should it be spelled “woah”? Well, if you too have been confused about the word, then Dictionary.com shared a solution.