wowser
Meaning
A puritanical person who disapproves of drinking, gambling and other pleasures; a killjoy.
Example
Don't be such a wowser, it's only one drink.
Origin
Origin unknown
Nearby words
- wouldn't itAn exclamation of annoyance or disgust, short for longer forms such as 'wouldn't it rot your socks'.
- wouldn't know him from a bar of soapTo not know someone at all.
- wouldn't shout if a shark bit himSaid of someone extremely mean who never buys a round of drinks.
- wouldn't work in an iron lungSaid of an extremely lazy person.
- woylieThe brush-tailed bettong, a small, endangered rat-kangaroo now found mainly in south-western Australia.
- wrap your laughing gear around thisEat this; get this into you. 'Laughing gear' is the mouth.
- wurleyAn Aboriginal shelter made of branches, bark and leaves; a humpy.
- yabberTo talk or chatter. Also a noun: talk, conversation.