wonga
English edit
Etymology edit
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 century.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wonga (uncountable)
- (slang, British, chiefly London, New Zealand) Money.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:money
- A whole wodge of wonga.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “wonga”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.