wojus

wojus

English

Adjective

wojus (comparative more wojus, superlative most wojus)

1. Alternative form of woegeous
   • 2005 Joseph O'Connor, "Two Little Clouds" in Oona Frawley, New Dubliners (Pegasus 2005, →ISBN p.17:

     The taxi-driver said the traffic was only wojus. Rush hour got longer and meaner every day.

   • 2007 Mia Gallagher, HellFire: a novel (Penguin 2007, →ISBN p.174:

     The teacher – not a nun, tall with short brown hair and wearin wojus knee-high wine leather boots – turns.

   • 2010 (4 February) Lise Hand With his grave tales of woe, Kenny's a dead ringer for Peig Irish Independent:

     the grim news -- 436,936 on the live register last month, on top of the previous day's wojus tax takes -- is enough to make anyone break into a chorus of "ochon, ochon"

   • 2014 (27 January) Shane Fitzsimons "Travel: Lose yourself ... and become a fan of Iran" Irish Independent:

     I'd borrowed teach yourself Persian CDs from the library, and listened to them for six months. But it's fair to say my Persian was wojus.