whomperjawed

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whomperjawed

/wɒm.pə(ɹ).d͡ʒɔːd/ UK
/wɑm.pɚ.d͡ʒɔd/ US
[wɑ̃m.pɚ.d͡ʒɑɒ̯d] Southern US

Where it comes from

Ealiest known use is from 1942 (see quotations), and it was first mentioned in 1931. Possibly from an alteration of earlier whopperjawed, wopperjawed, wapper-jawed, ultimately related to wapper jaw (“a projecting underjaw”) (1825).

adjective whomper-jawed · whopperjawed

Southern US, Texas, dialectal, especially Askew, amiss; not fitting, moving or working properly. The pending bill as it stands presents another whomper-jawed, lopsided, cross-eyed picture.

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@misc{whomperjawed_2026,
  title = {whomperjawed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whomperjawed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}