What does wa-wa mean?

wa-wa

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

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"Bartender: “O.K., O.K., what’ll you have?” Girl: “A Scotch and wa-wa.”"
"Though I tried to hide any sign of food or water, Jack nearly jumped out of his bed from frustration, yelling, “wa-wa!”"
"Legend has it that on the set of MasterChef, he asks for sparkling water by putting on a baby voice and demanding “fuzzy-wa-wa”."

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