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English word origin

Etymology of gwop

Uncertain. May be a dialectal pronunciation of Spanish guapo used as a noun, thus being a doublet of wop. The attestation of the aforementioned term in English as guapo in the same sense may likely be a secondary interpr

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

Money, moola.

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Uncertain. May be a dialectal pronunciation of Spanish guapo used as a noun, thus being a doublet of wop. The attestation of the aforementioned term in English as guapo in the same sense may likely be a secondary interpretation, cf. buckaroo meaning buck (“dollar”). The acronym of George Washington on paper is likely a backronym.

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  • Borrowed-form mentionguapoes
  • Doublet mentionwopen
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