wongaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈwɒŋɡə/
• 韻: -ɒŋɡə

名詞

wonga (uncountable)

1. (slang, chiefly London, New Zealand) Money.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:money

   A whole wodge of wonga.

   • 2009, K. O. Dahl, The Fourth Man: A Thriller, Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 59:

     I don't mean to be difficult, I said to the madame in reception, but I'm paying a lot of wonga, so these women of yours should be able to manage a bit of service, shouldn't they, I said, and then I was given a voucher.

   • 2022 July 12, Stefani Robinson & Paul Simms, “Reunited” (16:24 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows‎, season 4, episode 1, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou):

     “Well, to fix this house, we need money, correct? Does anyone know if we have any money? Anyone?” “Uh...” “Cash.” “Coin.” “Moola.” “Gold.” “Wonga.” “Rubles.” “Milk.” “Lettuce.” “Bread.” “Dough.” “Sweet cream.” “Stripper tips.” “Anyone?” “Colin Robinson was in charge of paying all the bills in the house, and now Colin Robinson is dead.”

派生語

参考

• wonga pigeon
• wonga-wonga

Further reading

• “wonga”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

アナグラム

• wagon, Gowan, Wagon, gowan, Wogan, wango