Meanings
plural wrongos
- slangSynonym of wrong 'un (“dishonest or disreputable person”).
On Nixon's side, if you were not for us, you were against us; on the extreme anti-Nixon side, if you were for him, you were a wrongo; on the pro-Nixon zealot's side, a wrongo had no rights.
2005, Before The Fall: An Inside View Of The Pre-Watergate White House, page 3141 more example
They kept pretty much to themselves, a difficult thing to do on a boat designed for overall togetherness extending to monkeys, marmosets, parrots and a four-foot alligator. He—the man, not the alligator—looked like a wrongo.
2015, David Dodge, The Last MatchSynonyms: wrong 'un
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of wrong 'un (“dishonest or disreputable person”).
Origin
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wrongo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrongo
“wrongo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrongo. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wrongo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrongo.
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