Warb

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An unkempt and useless person; a loafer. Australia, dated, derogatory, slang

    "A POLICEMAN approaches a warb hanging around Sydney CBD with obviously nothing to do and says to him: "Hey, you, there is a lockdown current at the moment. Why don't you go home and isolate yourself?""

Synonyms

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absolute zeroasswipebadlingblatherskitebuggercarrion

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"A POLICEMAN approaches a warb hanging around Sydney CBD with obviously nothing to do and says to him: "Hey, you, there is a lockdown current at the moment. Why don't you go home and isolate yourself?""

Etymology

Of uncertain origin; possibly a clipping of warble (“the maggot of a warble-fly”).

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