Meanings
comparative more woegeous · superlative most woegeous
- IrelandcolloquialOf poor quality; woefully bad; awful.
But in nearly every other way the ex-coppers are hopeless as PIs. Oh woegeous.
2012, Marian Keyes, The Mystery of Mercy Close Ch.5 p.35 (Penguin 2012)3 more examples
The weather forecast is woegeous. Imagine being stuck in a field in Galway with the wind and the rain lashing down.
2008, Kate Thompson, Love Lies Bleeding, New Island, →ISBN, page 47She's pig ugly, cap'n. I've never seen a more woegeous body shape without a BC Rich logo on it!
2008 (2 March), "Doctor J" comment #16 in thread "EBMM Petrucci on chrisguitars, someone here snap this up quick!" on Boards.ieUnfortunately, the Good Lord has proven himself something of a miser with regard to this year's gift. The Senior Cup team this year is – not to put too fine a point on it – bloody woegeous.
2012, Paul Howard, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, The Miseducation Years, O'Brien, →ISBN, page 135
Origin
Perhaps a blend of woeful and atrocious or outrageous; or playful analogy with gorgeous.
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