Woop Woop

Woop Woop
/woop" woop'/, Australian Slang (disparaging).
an imaginary remote town or district symbolizing isolation and backwardness.
Also, woop woop.
[1925-30; jocular coinage mimicking placenames of Aboriginal orig.]

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  • Woop Woop — n. Austral. & NZ sl. 1 a jocular name for a remote outback town or district. 2 (Woop Woop) an imaginary remote place. Etymology: mock Aboriginal …   Useful english dictionary

  • Woop Woop — [ wʊp wʊp] (NZ woop woops or wop wops) noun Austral./NZ informal, humorous a remote outback town or district. Origin 1920s: humorous reduplication, characteristic of Aborig. languages …   English new terms dictionary

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  • Woop-Woop — back of beyond, middle of nowhere; invented name for any small unimportant town …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • woop-woop — Australian Slang back of beyond, middle of nowhere; invented name for any small unimportant town …   English dialects glossary

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