Every now and then, I say "wuckles" next to a person who I am work trialing, or who for some other reason cares about not looking dumb in front of me. They casually-but-frantically google "wuckles" in the background to try to figure out what I meant. The only google result for "wuckles" is an urban dictionary response which is not what I meant by it, and it's pretty clear from context it's not what I meant by it. They are confused. This post is for the third such person, should they appear one day. Wuckles (usually pronounced "Wuckles!") is an exclamation I make. For a long time, I didn't really know what it meant, I just knew a wuckles when I saw one. Eventually, I saw a LessWrong quick take that made me really want a "wuckles" react, and then I was kinda confused why I needed a wuckles react, instead of any of our existing epistemic reacts. This forced me to sus out "what makes something a wuckles?" "Wuckles" means "I am surprised and confused, and, it's kinda interesting that I'm surprised and confused." Sometimes, you have a pleasant wuckles.  You are walking down the street [...] ---Outline:(01:11) Sometimes, you have a pleasant wuckles.(01:36) Sometimes, you have an unpleasant wuckles.(01:59) Sometimes, you have a mild wuckles.(02:18) Sometimes, you arent even sure what kind of wuckles you have.(02:43) Wuckles vs Huckles vs Fuckles(03:33) Wuckles, the missing epistemic emotion ---
First published:
December 18th, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/XJNYqBfD3d7QhKoqk/wuckles-1
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