womble

womble
n
British
a foolish, clumsy or unfortunate person. Since the appearance of the books and television puppets of the same name in the early 1970s, the word has been appropriated, particularly by schoolchil-dren, to refer to someone considered fee-ble, contemptible or a misfit. Gonk and muppet, both names of grotesque crea-tures, have been used with the same connotations.
► 'She hangs around with wombles.' (Recorded, schoolgirl, London, 1986)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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