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whopper - n., something unusually large or otherwise extreme of its kind; outrageous or blatant lie.
Current dictionaries mark this as informal, so count it as early-18th century slang that eventually slid into the mainstream language. A figurative use of whop, to strike, itself a Middle English alteration of wap, to strike, from earlier form wappen, apparently of imitative origin.
Bonus word: windjammer
---L.
Current dictionaries mark this as informal, so count it as early-18th century slang that eventually slid into the mainstream language. A figurative use of whop, to strike, itself a Middle English alteration of wap, to strike, from earlier form wappen, apparently of imitative origin.
Bonus word: windjammer
---L.
