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whinge

WINJ, rhymes with hingeverb, nounInformal

A Australian English slang term. Browse all Australian slang.

What it means

  1. To complain persistently in a way that irritates. Distinct from a legitimate complaint — calling something a whinge dismisses it.

In use

  • Stop whingeing and give me a hand.

  • He had a good whinge about the parking.

Where it comes from

From Old English hwinsian, 'to whine'. Survived in Scots and northern English dialect and became a central Australian word — 'whingeing Pom' has been the standard Australian complaint about the English since at least the 1960s.