le sigh
n.— «Also any other exciting stuff i might of missed in the last week or two’d be appreciated as well (but I can’t read gifs! grumble grumble grumble). Le sigh. (sorry Fifi & Hepzibah!)» —“Tiny Toons references” by Baron M. Usenet: alt.tv.tiny-toon Mar. 9, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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There was a time when William Shakespeare was just another little seven-year-old in school. Classes in his day were demanding — and all in Latin. A new book argues that this rigorous curriculum actually nurtured the creativity that later flourished...