10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAZZOCK»
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wazzock in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
1010-1011, 1957 WaSS verb see: WAZ wassock; wazzock; wazzuck noun a fool;
an annoying or stupid individual UK, 1933 • Well, Who's a SOft little waSSOCk?
— Liz Evans, Barkingl, p- 46, 2001 • One red card for a serious foul. What a total ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
wazzed adjective Brit Drunk. 1990–. B.GRAHAM We used to knock off early on
Fridays and just neck loads of 'em [i.e. wine gums], walk into town fuckin' wazzed
(1997). [From wazz verb, on the model of pissed adjective 1.] wazzock ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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Kick the Bucket and Swing the Cat: The complete Balderdash & ...
Take the word wazzock. No one is going to take someone to court for calling
them a'wazzock": it's not a high-octane term of abuse. It just means someone who
is a little bit silly or annoyingor both. lts northern bluntness is appealing, and it ...
Take the word wazzock. No one is going to take someone to court for calling
them a 'wazzock': it's not a high—octane term of abuse. Itjust means someone
who is a little bit silly or annoying, or both. Its northern bluntness is appealing,
and it ...
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Shorter Slang Dictionary
Since the late 1960s. way-out extremely eccentric; unconventional or avant-
garde; excellent. Used by jazz-lovers and beatniks since the 1950s and by
hippies in the 1960s. wazzock a fool, as in you stupid wazzock! A term of mild
abuse that ...
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
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The Wounded & Other Stories About Sons and Fathers:
In thecorner, the quieterones, Dave and Reg,interrupt their study of tomorrow's
racingform tohavea rareverbal interchange: “What the fuck's a wazzock?” “I'm
buggered if I know.” “What about an amoor farty?” “An encore—you know —give
...
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Wisden Anthology 1978-2006: Cricket's Age of Revolution
By the time of Kevin Pietersen's century in the Fifth Ashes Test (“That wazzock
with the skunk hairdo – let's splash with him!”), cricket was a “front-of-the-book”
story for the dailies, a “top-ofbulletin” story for television and radio, and was
giving ...
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Dictionaries: A Very Short Introduction
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selection, but for a full list of the 40 words and Hoodie Stiletto Bung Wazzock
phrases, orto take part, go to www.bbc.co.uk/balderdash or email your
information to ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
... blockhead, bonehead, dunderhead, meathead, muttonhead, wooden-head,
dipstick, dumb-bell, noodle, dumbo, dum-dum, ass, donkey, jerk; Brit. informal
wally, berk, divvy, nit, mug, pillock, prat, wazzock, silly billy; N.Amer. informal
doofus, ...
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Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars
The Sidebottoms, the nightmare neighbours of all time, have moved! Moved in next door to Ben's family... For the gang, Ben, Barney and Jenks, this is a state of emergency and calls for the one and only mighty Agent Z and a penguin...!
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAZZOCK»
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Labour MP Glenda Jackson is returning to acting after more than 20 …
Michael Sheen rips apart politicians in incredible speech: 'By god, believe in something' · James Blunt hits out at 'prejudiced wazzock' MP over class comments «Digital Spy UK, Jun 15»
Newcastle United news: 8 things Newcastle fans can expect from …
Wey aye, man! “Howay man! We gannin' doon Toon because Steve McClaren is a propa bobby dazzla and that Carver gadgie was a propa wazzock, canny.”. «Metro, Jun 15»
Why comedy crowdfunding projects are never funny
No, this isn't going to be some kind of anti-porn tirade; rather, an anti-attention seeking wazzock tirade. Last week, the latest in a long line of “look at me using ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
The privileged are taking over the arts – without the grit, pop culture …
Replying by that most modish of platforms, the open letter, he called Bryant a “classist gimp” and a “prejudiced wazzock”, and invoked the threadbare sneer ... «New Statesman, Feb 15»
'Male, Pale, & Stale?'
This exchange, at times rather entertaining (Blunt intermittently refers to Bryant with choice phrases such as “classist gimp” and “wazzock”), has highlighted the ... «FelixOnline, Jan 15»
Could James Blunt and 'prejudiced wazzock' MP Chris Bryant sort …
The You're Beautiful singer has had a spat with the Rhondda MP, branding him a 'classist gimp' and a 'prejudiced wazzock' over comments made about people ... «WalesOnline, Jan 15»
What we learned: TLC's Kickstarter and James Blunt's fiery open letter
... of parliament, the shadow culture minister. Let us always remember this as the week when James Blunt publicly, and unashamedly, used the work wazzock. «The Guardian, Jan 15»
The perils of being posh
This week's wazzock spat hasn't polarised people in the way that arguments about class often do; most of us have just enjoyed the spectacle of the pop star ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jan 15»
Maybe it's a problem when all artists are like James Blunt. But it's …
Hence the first open letter, in which he declared the Labour MP a 'classist, prejudiced wazzock'. For Blunt, the clear implication of Bryant's remarks was that his ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jan 15»
James Blunt v Labour's Chris Bryant: who's the wazzock?
... Beautiful' popster James Blunt and Labour's recently appointed culture spokesman, Chris Bryant, whom Blunt accused of being a “prejudiced wazzock”. «The Week UK, Jan 15»
