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wazzock, n.
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DRAFT ENTRY April 2007
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Brit. slang and
regional (orig.
north.). Usu. mildly
depreciative.
[Origin unknown; cf. -OCK.]
A stupid or annoying person; an idiot.
1976 M. HARDING Beaky Knucklewart (transcript of monologue) in One Man Show (gramophone record), And I looked round. I was alone... Stood there like a wazzock on the pavement.
1988 SuperBike Oct. 60/1 The only complaint I received was from some wazzock sticking up for the pathetic Citroen 2CV engine which ‘powered’ the thing.
1994 Guardian 18 June (Weekend Suppl.) 22/4 She makes the tea and hangs around in the background, on hand lest Winterston get into trouble or find herself shouting at a ‘wazzock’.
2001 Daily Star (Nexis) 23 Oct. 28 It makes for a fun-packed couple of
hours
peppered with clips, plus famous people making slight wassocks of themselves.
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