wunch

English

Etymology

Created by spoonerism: transposing the first letters of bunch of wankers produces the phrase wunch of bankers.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wʌnt͡ʃ/
Rhymes: -ʌntʃ

Noun

wunch (plural wunches)

(Britain, humorous, derogatory) A group of unpleasant people, especially bankers; a supposed collective noun for bankers.
- 1995, Trades Union Congress, Report of Annual Trades Union Congress
  Today, we learn that Douglas Hurd, in a couple of months' time, is set to join those providers of financial services, collectively known as a "wunch of bankers", NatWest, from a bunch of MPs.
- 2005 August 17, "Feedback", New Scientist
  That particular wunch of bankers may be mortified to know that Hamm had no connection any company called Dow, and was rather one of a group of anti-capitalist pranksters accidentally invited to the conference.
- 2010, Geraint Anderson, Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
  Apparently, I also removed my shirt as if performing a malcoordinated strip routine and then introduced bemused spectators to a dance move that was out of place when first revealed at university and was certainly not appropriate at a reasonably formal party surrounded by a wunch of bankers.
- 2011, Andrew Hicks, My Thai Girl and I: How I found a new life in Thailand, Monsoon Books, →ISBN:
  Meanwhile in the more conventional 'Men Seeking Women' column [of the Financial Times], the guys go to great lengths to make themselves sound utterly loathsome. They're tall and muscular, exceptionally handsome and attractive, loyal, sincere, genuine, sensitive, educated, rich and modest. What a wunch!
- 2014, Charles Stross, The Rhesus Chart, Penguin, →ISBN:
  Well fuck me sideways with a wooden stake, I realize dismally, I've fallen in a wunch of vampires.

单词	wunch
释义	wunch English Etymology Created by spoonerism: transposing the first letters of bunch of wankers produces the phrase wunch of bankers. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /wʌnt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ʌntʃ Noun wunch (plural wunches) (Britain, humorous, derogatory) A group of unpleasant people, especially bankers; a supposed collective noun for bankers. 1995, Trades Union Congress, Report of Annual Trades Union Congress Today, we learn that Douglas Hurd, in a couple of months' time, is set to join those providers of financial services, collectively known as a "wunch of bankers", NatWest, from a bunch of MPs. 2005 August 17, "Feedback", New Scientist That particular wunch of bankers may be mortified to know that Hamm had no connection any company called Dow, and was rather one of a group of anti-capitalist pranksters accidentally invited to the conference. 2010, Geraint Anderson, Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile, Hachette UK, →ISBN: Apparently, I also removed my shirt as if performing a malcoordinated strip routine and then introduced bemused spectators to a dance move that was out of place when first revealed at university and was certainly not appropriate at a reasonably formal party surrounded by a wunch of bankers. 2011, Andrew Hicks, My Thai Girl and I: How I found a new life in Thailand, Monsoon Books, →ISBN: Meanwhile in the more conventional 'Men Seeking Women' column [of the Financial Times], the guys go to great lengths to make themselves sound utterly loathsome. They're tall and muscular, exceptionally handsome and attractive, loyal, sincere, genuine, sensitive, educated, rich and modest. What a wunch! 2014, Charles Stross, The Rhesus Chart, Penguin, →ISBN: Well fuck me sideways with a wooden stake, I realize dismally, I've fallen in a wunch of vampires.
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