Examples
“Balls & Balls: A happy, upwardly-mobile couple, with much to be happily upwardly-mobile about, thanks to lots of wonga from the Taxpayer”
“Today, questions remain as to where the 'wonga' for the bribes to secure his liberty and fund that private jet came from.”
“Father Dougal: Sure it is, and I bet all the doctors are chuffed that they'll get all that wonga to do what the feck they like with.”
“The Americans have claimed there is also an offer pending from Syrian businessman Yahya Kirdi, but that is being widely dismissed as an attempt to wrangle a little more wonga from Huang and, like a chocolate fork, is unlikely to cut much ice.”
“They earn a twentieth of his wonga from mayoral and writing duties, but times are tight.”
“Thatcher wrought concessions from Brussels – not by threatening a referendum but by credibly threatening to remove the two things it values: power and wonga.”
“I'll send some wonga - so go on, get out yer cheque book!”
“I am aware of the saying "put your money where your mouth is" and so I have bunged in some wonga for this.”
“The chaps around here with a huge amount of social influence, wonga AND laydee appeal are those who are able to do things, ie install central heating systems, build retaining walls and service ships.”
“She is married to Lawrence (Levi) who has made a pile of wonga in the Computer Bod supply game, he supplies the Oil industry mostly and does like to spend with great generosity.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wonga’.
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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British Cant & Slang, Old & New
Mostly, the cant words come from my reprint of Francis Grose's 1785 dictionary of 'The Vulgar Tongue', while the more modern slang has been found at various online sources, e.g. this online diction...
bog-standard, bumbaclot, brown trouser moment, bingo wings, bobfoc, babber, sweating, tantadlin tart, taplash, timber toe, tray trip, twiddle-diddles and 209 more...
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looked up
Words I've come across while reading and looked up in the dictionary.
deesis, pendentive, revetment, aedicule, stemma, patera, ephod, entrepot, corbel, exedra, volute, archivolt and 1408 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for wonga.
knitandpurl "Money: this is the true Blarney Stone of Dublin — kiss it and you'll talk all night. The city is awash with wonga."
Psychogeography by Will Self, 104 Oct 16, 2010