wowser

[ wou-zer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Australia and New Zealand.

wowser

/ ˈwaʊzə /

Origin of wowser¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; origin uncertain

Origin of wowser¹

C20: from English dialect wow to whine, complain

He's a real wowser at one class of knowledge, and doesn't know spit about the others.

Oxford has made Ginger into a cock-eyed wowser, and Cambridge has turned Beefy into a base-ball looney.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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