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whopper

/ˈwɒpə/ Northern England, UK, Wales
/ˈwɔpə/ Australia, British, Southern
/ˈwɑpɚ/ US
/ˈwɒpɚ/ Canada
/ˈwɒpə/ New Zealand
[ˈwɔ̟pə] ~ [ˈwɞ̠pə] New Zealand
/ˈʍɔpəɾ/ Scotland
/ˈwɔpəɾ/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ɒpə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From whop + -er.

noun whoppers

informal Something remarkably large. I’d gone out pike fishing, bless you, never thinking of a trout, and when I saw that whopper on the end of my line, blest if it didn’t quite take me aback. Well, you see, he weighed twenty-six pound.
informal An outrageous or blatant lie. When he got done telling it there was one of them uncomfortable silences that comes, you know, when a person has been telling a whopper and you feel sorry for him and wish you could think of some way to change the subject and let him down easy, […]

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noun something remarkably large

Español	chorro, montón, chingo, mogollón, enormidad
中文	龐然大物 /庞然大物 pángrándàwù
Português	colosso, grandalhão
Deutsch	Mordsding, Oschi, Kaventsmann, Mordsapparat
Русский	грома́дина gromádina

noun outrageous lie

Español	trola, gazapo, milonga, coplas, cuentazo
한국어	새빨간 거짓말 saeppalgan geojinmal
日本語	真っ赤な嘘 makka na uso
中文	彌天大謊 /弥天大谎 mítiāndàhuǎng
Português	mentirona
Français	énormité
Deutsch	Lüge, Lügengeschichte, enorme Lüge
Română	minciună gogonată
Русский	гну́сная ложь gnúsnaja ložʹ

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@misc{whopper_2026,
  title = {whopper},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whopper},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}