"D'oh!" () is the most famous

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used by the

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, from the television series ''

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,'' an

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(1989–present). It is an exclamation typically used after Homer injures himself, realizes that he has done something foolish, or when something bad has happened or is about to happen to him. All his prominent blood relations—son

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, daughters

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and Maggie, his father,

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and

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—have also been heard to use it themselves in similar circumstances. On a few occasions, Homer's wife

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and characters outside the family such as

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and

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have also used this phrase. In 2006, "d'oh!" was listed as number six on

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's list of the 100 greatest television catchphrases. The spoken word "d'oh" is a

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(now known as

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). Since 2001, the word "doh" has appeared in the ''

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'', without the apostrophe. Early recorded usages of the sound "d'oh" are in numerous episodes of the

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series ''

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'' between 1945 and 1949, but the '' OxfordWords'' blog notes "Homer was responsible for popularizing it as an exclamation of frustration." The term also appeared in an early issue of '' Mad'' comics, with a different spelling but the same meaning, in issue 8 (December 1953 – January 1954); in a one-page story by

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entitled "Hey Look!", a man seeking peace and quiet suddenly hears a loud radio and, grimacing, says, "D-oooh – the neighbors radio!!"

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Several decades before The Simpsons was aired, the exclamation "D'oh!" was used in the

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