warb
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Of uncertain origin; possibly a clipping of warble (“the maggot of a warble-fly”).[1][2]
Noun[edit]
warb (plural warbs)
- (Australia, slang, derogatory, dated) An unkempt and useless person; a loafer.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:worthless person
- 2021 August 19, George Gaal, “How do you isolate at home when you don't have one?”, in Western Advocate[1] (letter), Bathurst, N.S.W.: ACM Network, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 September 2023:
- A POLICEMAN approaches a warb hanging around Sydney CBD with obviously nothing to do and says to him: "Hey, you, there is a lockdown current at the moment. Why don't you go home and isolate yourself?"
Derived terms[edit]
- warby (probably)
References[edit]
- ^ “warb, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ Jonathon Green (2024) “warb n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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