you're such a wouser!!!
2007-08-12 09:26:45 · 7 answers · asked by NEss 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Hi, I never heard the expression but you aroused my curiosity so I decided to Google it. Anyway, the word is Wowser, not Wouser and this is a copy and paste of what I found in Wikipedia.
"Wowser is a slang expression, most commonly heard in Australian and New Zealand English. It originated in Australia, at first carrying a similar meaning to 'lout', i.e. an annoying or disruptive person. However, around the beginning of the 20th century it shifted to its present meaning: one whose overdeveloped sense of morality drives them to deprive others of their pleasures. At this time, the term was particularly applied to members of temperance groups such as the antipodean branches of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union." Anyway, thanks to you I learned something new today. :)
2007-08-12 09:45:53 · answer #1 · answered by Sicilian Godmother 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a cross between a wimp and a poseur
2007-08-12 16:30:51 · answer #2 · answered by neverdugdisco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm thinking it's supposed to be an insult
2007-08-12 16:30:14 · answer #3 · answered by Jack Lapidus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm
2007-08-12 16:28:54 · answer #4 · answered by bobravers 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not good.
2007-08-12 16:32:33 · answer #5 · answered by BreezeGirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very old fashioned word...from wow-zer...you really wow people...awesome.
2007-08-12 16:30:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
loser.
2007-08-12 16:30:50 · answer #7 · answered by nvrrong 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋