Wowser
Wowser
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Well, what is it?
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RE: Wowser
1. a fanatically puritanical person.
2. a teetotaller
RE: Wowser
Typically someone that assumes the moral high ground in order to stop somebody else enjoying themselves.
It's used in a fairly derogatory fashion, though I suspect those who are accused of wowserism revel in the attention and the sense of martyrdom.
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Greg Locock
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