wonga
Noun
- Money.
Examples
- A whole wodge of wonga.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
Bugs Bunny, ackers, bees and honey, blunt, brass, bread, bread and honey, cake, cheddar, cheese, ching, clams, coin, cream, currency, dinero, dosh, dough, fedi, feds, finances, flizz, flow, funding, funds, gravy, gwolla, gwop, jack, legal tender, lolly, lovely jubbly, mazuma, means, money, moola, mozzarella, muck, oof, ooftish, paper, rhino, scratch, scrilla, shrapnel, simoleons, smackeroonies, smackeroos, smackers, spend, spondulicks, swag, wampum, wonga, yenom
Scrabble Score: 9
wonga: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionarywonga: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
wonga: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary