What's Behind the Middle-Aged Groan'?
Briefly

When my daughter was a toddler, she often imitated the long groan I made when I bent down.It was both funny and mortifying.Judging by the large number of videos of toddlers doing this on the internet, I was not alone.Like many other people, I have a playlist of activity-specific grunts and gasps: When I'm heaving myself out of a chair, I sound like Rafael Nadal returning a volley; when I'm reaching for something, I release a wheezy ooof.
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