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Woop Woop

or woop woop

[ woop woop ]

noun

, Australian Slang: Disparaging.
  1. an imaginary remote town or district symbolizing isolation and backwardness.


Woop Woop

/ ˈwuːp ˌwuːp /

noun

  1. slang.
    a jocular name for any backward or remote town or district
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Woop Woop1

First recorded in 1925–30; jocular coinage mimicking placenames of Aboriginal origin

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