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(70,501 posts)
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 09:50 AM Jul 2012

The Daily Mail gives us a new word for Mitt, a Wazzock

'Devoid of charm, offensive and a wazzock': Romney's disastrous day in London
after saying he didn't know if Olympics would be a success

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2179582/Mitt-Romneys-Olympics-2012-gaffe-Devoid-charm-offensive-wazzock.html#ixzz21pXD0C6y


Urban Dictionary for Wazzock

1. wazzock
origin - Northern England

An idiot or daft person
Ahh yer g'ert wazzock


2. wazzock
Mild insult, one who is foolish, one who has made an arse of themselves, one who is
rather daft.
'person x is a pompous wazzock'


3. wazzock own
Idiot used in a fun way - I was told the word in the Mid 1960's by a man from Sheffield who
claimed to have been using the word for years
Stop it You stupid Wazzock

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The Daily Mail gives us a new word for Mitt, a Wazzock (Original Post) Botany Jul 2012 OP
Wazzock you say? dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #1
Wassup wassock? flamingdem Jul 2012 #2
Now we know what the "W" in hifiguy Jul 2012 #3
The Brits out did us with "Mitt the Twit". turtlerescue1 Jul 2012 #4
His RELATIVES were ostensibly from Northern England--that was a deliberate rebuke. nt MADem Jul 2012 #5
We Northerners have been using "Wazzock" for years. T_i_B Aug 2012 #6

T_i_B

(14,737 posts)
6. We Northerners have been using "Wazzock" for years.
Thu Aug 23, 2012, 07:17 AM
Aug 2012

It's a fairly tame insult if truth be told.

I'm suprised the word turned up in the Daily Fail, but that's because the Daily Fail a very home-counties centered publication.

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