Warby
adj, name, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Unkempt, disreputable. Australia, dated, derogatory, slang
"'Of all the warby ideas,' he said, and in the spite of the rain and the prospect of a wet camp, in spite of everything, he was smiling at her, 'the warbiest is you going on your own. I guess Jimmy and me can give you a lift down to Orion for the cherry-pickin'. What say, Jimmy?'"
- 1 A surname from Old Norse.
Example
More examples"'Of all the warby ideas,' he said, and in the spite of the rain and the prospect of a wet camp, in spite of everything, he was smiling at her, 'the warbiest is you going on your own. I guess Jimmy and me can give you a lift down to Orion for the cherry-pickin'. What say, Jimmy?'"
Etymology
Perhaps from Old Norse vǫrðr (“warden, watcher”) + býr (“farmstead”).
Probably from warb + -y, although the former is attested a few years later.
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