Meaning of cockwomble | Babel Free

Definitions

A foolish or obnoxious person.

Ireland, UK, countable, humorous, slang, uncountable

Examples

“Cockwomble An American lad was annoying the tits off me once so I called him the first thing that came to mind⟳, which was 'cockwomble'. The insult was effective because he did stop⟳ winding me up but only to ask⟳ me what a cockwomble actually was. I then had to give⟳ a detailed explanation about what wombles were and admit⟳ that I hadn't really thought that insult through.”

“They even made the mistaken assumption, mainly from the title, that the song had some kind of lesbian message. As Heike put⟳ it: 'You can't expect⟳ the subliterate cockwombles on the Daily Heil showbiz and gossip desks to have⟳ read⟳ Orwell.'”

“Though the clinic alleges that they are devoted to "service to the community", this little cockwomble allowed his bruised arrogance to bother a woman infinitely superior to him just because she was smarter and better than he.”

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