What is a whinger?

[Vanessa]

Hello!

I would like to know the meaning od "to whing" or "whingers". It must be quite slang because I couldn't find it anywhere. I have it seen in the sentence" Do your parents whing like mine?"

Thanks

[Alan]

Hi VANESA,

I think the verb you are asking about is whinge and someone who whinges is called a whinger. Originally it meant cry in a pathetic way as babies sometimes do. Now it is used to mean complain usually about small things that annoy you. You can whinge about the cold/the heat/the weather/the cost of petrol and so on and if you do this all the time, you are often described as a constant whinger.

Alan
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