wobbly: to chuck a wobbly
To lose one's self-control in a fit of nerves, panic, temper, annoyance, or the like. To chuck a wobbly is a variant of the Standard English idiom to throw a wobbly, where wobbly means 'a fit of temper or panic'.What does wobbly mean slang?
trembling, shaking. noun. throw a wobbly slang to become suddenly very agitated or angry.Where does throw a wobbly come from?
CHUCK: Is the Aussie term for THROW WOBBLY: Is uncontrollable or or unstable shaking, as in a 'fit'. Henceforth it follows that we Australians have 'converted' the English phrase to "throw a fit", into our own domestic terminology.What does chuck a wobbly mean in Australia?
(slang, UK, Australia) to have a sudden fit of anger, to have a tantrum.What does chucking mean in slang?
(informal) A casual throw. noun. (slang) An act of vomiting.? Throw A Wobbly Vs Have The Wobblies - Slang - ESL British English Pronunciation
What does chunk mean in Texas?
Urbandictionary.com defines “to chunk” thusly: “To throw something at someone… originates in Texas.. ya'll know what I'm talkin' 'bout!!” Like other Southernisms, it may not have originated here, but the meaning certainly retains peculiar strength in Texas.What does chunk it up mean?
'Chunking up' refers to moving from specific, or small scale ideas or pieces of information to more general, larger ones. 'Chunking down' (obviously) means going the other way.Why Is a swag called a Matilda?
Matilda is an old Teutonic female name meaning "mighty battle maid". This may have informed the use of "Matilda" as a slang term to mean a de facto wife who accompanied a wanderer. In the Australian bush a man's swag was regarded as a sleeping partner, hence his "Matilda".What does Woop Woop mean in Australia?
1. Woop Woop. Woop Woop is used to refer to a place in the middle of nowhere. People use it to signify that a location is far away, unfamiliar to them, and difficult to get to. For example, “My parents place is so far, out near whoop whoop”What does Wigging mean Australia?
Meaning of wigging in Englishan occasion when someone criticizes or speaks angrily to someone else about something that person has said or done: He gave me a wigging and told me I was a bad journalist.
What does fair dinkum mean in Australian?
Definition of fair dinkumslang, Australia. : unquestionably good or genuine : excellent —often used as a general expression of approval these cigars are fair dinkum.
Where did the phrase chuck it come from?
Chuck in its slang sense was used especially in the 1960s and 1970s by Black people. This use arose by analogy with Mister Charlie, a slang term used in the same sense and also derived from a nickname for Charles.What does dropped a clanger mean?
Definition of drop a clangerBritish, informal. : to make a very bad or embarrassing mistake.
