woop woop
nounInformal
An Australian English slang term. Browse all Australian slang.
What it means
An imaginary place standing for anywhere remote and inconvenient. Out in woop woop means a very long way from anything.
In use
The venue's out in woop woop, we'll need a car.
They've moved to woop woop, takes three hours to get there.
Where it comes from
A jocular placeholder name in the pattern of Australian place names, several of which genuinely do reduplicate — Wagga Wagga, Woy Woy. The joke works because it sounds entirely plausible.
Other forms
- Similar terms:
- the back of Bourke, beyond the black stump