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minus-squareCurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up197·1 month ago“can’t give this thing away unless I lower the price to probably $79k. Sucks.” A brand new AWD CT from Tesla is $79,990. Headline is clickbait. Seller is a whinger. Trash all round. Saved you a click.
minus-squareBiteSizedZeitGeist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 month agoWhiner. Whinging is a synonym
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoBut not back in the colonies, one would surmise.
minus-squareAndy@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 month agoI believe it means “whiner”. As in one who whines and complains. I don’t know where @[email protected] hails, but I just know this because I am a dad, which means I watch Bluey, and sometimes the dad on Bluey will tell the kids to “quit whinging”.
minus-squareAussiemandeus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 month agoHuh, it’s common as in Australia. Never thought of it as an Australian word. Odds are it has its roots in England though I guess
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 month agoIn Harry Potter, an English book, the Dursleys are from Little Whinging, because Rowling has no imagination.
minus-squarepencil_nerd@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoI’ll take that as canon given her other extremely obvious names
minus-squareJamablaya@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down6·1 month agoAre you one of those people that whinged about Marvel having a character named Wong, when the actor who portrayed Wong, was named Wong?
minus-squarepencil_nerd@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoWhat? No. What does that have to do with anything? I’m talking about names like Draco Malfoy.
minus-squareAussiemandeus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoShe didn’t plagiarise all of Harry potter though so she must have some imagination. Creatively bankrupt might be more apt
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoRowling’s goblins? Based on a racist caricature The house elves? Wouldn’t you know it, also based on a racist caricature Centaurs? You guessed it! Based on a racist caricature!
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 month agoMy Geordie friend uses it a lot, I think you’re right on the money. (Geordies are from the region around Newcastle upon Tyne from what he told me, so part of northern England)
minus-squarepixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoI love how watching taskmaster has given me knowledge of different accents
minus-squareIMongoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoIt’s like these people don’t even watch bluey smh my head
minus-squareAndy@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoYeah, somehow there really do be people who haven’t seen bluey. Crazy. It’s 2025 people.
minus-squarelimelight79@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI first heard it in the US in 2006 and had to ask what it meant.
minus-squareNoel_Skum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month agoWhinging and whining - though not exactly identical in meaning - are pretty much the same word to all intents and purposes in casual language.
minus-squareVivian Harris@aus.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month ago@Zementid @CurlyWurlies4All Australian here. Whinging is complaining or whining
minus-squareYawweee877h444@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoThat’s the thing. He’s trying to sell his used truck for more than the cost of a brand new one with the same configuration, if I read it correctly. The guy fucked up buying this trash at a higher price early on, and now he’s just an asshole trying to rip other people off.
“can’t give this thing away unless I lower the price to probably $79k. Sucks.”
A brand new AWD CT from Tesla is $79,990.
Headline is clickbait. Seller is a whinger. Trash all round. Saved you a click.
Sorry to ask, but what is a “whinger”?
Whiner. Whinging is a synonym
But not back in the colonies, one would surmise.
I believe it means “whiner”. As in one who whines and complains.
I don’t know where @[email protected] hails, but I just know this because I am a dad, which means I watch Bluey, and sometimes the dad on Bluey will tell the kids to “quit whinging”.
Huh, it’s common as in Australia.
Never thought of it as an Australian word. Odds are it has its roots in England though I guess
In Harry Potter, an English book, the Dursleys are from Little Whinging, because Rowling has no imagination.
I’ll take that as canon given her other extremely obvious names
Are you one of those people that whinged about Marvel having a character named Wong, when the actor who portrayed Wong, was named Wong?
What? No. What does that have to do with anything? I’m talking about names like Draco Malfoy.
She didn’t plagiarise all of Harry potter though so she must have some imagination. Creatively bankrupt might be more apt
Rowling’s goblins? Based on a racist caricature
The house elves? Wouldn’t you know it, also based on a racist caricature
Centaurs? You guessed it! Based on a racist caricature!
My Geordie friend uses it a lot, I think you’re right on the money.
(Geordies are from the region around Newcastle upon Tyne from what he told me, so part of northern England)
I love how watching taskmaster has given me knowledge of different accents
It’s like these people don’t even watch bluey smh my head
Yeah, somehow there really do be people who haven’t seen bluey. Crazy. It’s 2025 people.
I first heard it in the US in 2006 and had to ask what it meant.
Whinging and whining - though not exactly identical in meaning - are pretty much the same word to all intents and purposes in casual language.
@Zementid @CurlyWurlies4All Australian here. Whinging is complaining or whining
Pronounced like Hinge
That’s the thing. He’s trying to sell his used truck for more than the cost of a brand new one with the same configuration, if I read it correctly.
The guy fucked up buying this trash at a higher price early on, and now he’s just an asshole trying to rip other people off.