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whinger¹

  • /ˈʍɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ɪndʒə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From whinge + -er.

noun whingers

  1. One who whinges. The idea of a British warship supposedly menacing Spain is ludicrous. Is it meant to bomb Cadiz? Will its guns lift a rush-hour tailback in a colony that most Britons regard as awash with tax dodgers, drug dealers and right-wing whingers? The Gibraltarians have rights, but why British taxpayers shou

whinger²

  • /ˈʍɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
  • /ˈʍɪŋɡə(ɹ)/

Where it comes from

Perhaps from Old English winn (“contention, war”) + geard, gyrd (“a staff, rod, yard”).

noun whingers

  1. Scotland, obsolete A whinyard. “Fye on you, why do you not strike your whingers into me, or blow me up with a barrel of powder, rather than torture me thus unmercifully?”

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@misc{whinger_2026,
  title = {whinger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whinger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}