Wonga
/ˈwɒŋɡə/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Money. London, New-Zealand, slang, uncountable
"A whole wodge of wonga."
Proper Noun
- 1 A locality in South Gippsland Shire, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"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."
Etymology
Borrowed from Angloromani [Term?], from Romani angar (“coal”), from Sanskrit अङ्गार (áṅgāra, “charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hángāras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥. The English term coal was itself used as a slang term for money in England in the 18th and 19th centuries.