wow·ser (wou z r)n. Australia & New Zealand A person regarded as obnoxiously puritanical. [Possibly from dialectal wow, to howl, complain, of imitative origin.] |
wowser [ˈwaʊzə]
n Austral and NZ slang
1. a fanatically puritanical person
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a teetotaller
[from English dialect wow to whine, complain]
Translations
wowser
n (Austral inf)
(= killjoy) → Miesmacher(in) m(f) (inf)
(= teetotaller) → Abstinenzler(in) m(f)
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