real wowser
- noun
- Slang
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impresionante
- This new smartphone is a real wowser with all its cutting-edge features.
Examples
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What a real wowser of a concert that was!
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That final scene was a real wowser and left the whole audience speechless.
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Her performance in the competition was a real wowser—absolutely unforgettable.
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She is a real wowser in the world of art.
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The new roller coaster at the amusement park is a real wowser, thrilling everyone who dares to ride it.
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Seeing the Northern Lights for the first time was a real wowser experience that I will never forget.
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His ability to solve complex problems with ease is a real wowser talent that impresses everyone at work.
Synonyms
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4.2
A very surprising or impressive event that shocks people
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7.4
A thing that is very surprising and amazes you
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8.8
Something very impressive that causes great surprise
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5.1
A very attractive person or thing that makes people stop and look
How Impressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward combination of the intensifier 'real' plus the noun 'wowser', so the meaning 'exceptionally impressive person or thing' is directly derivable from the constituents. Although colloquial, the intensifier + noun pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both words would understand the MWE.
Etymology
Real wowser probably comes from the exclamation wow with an ending that turns it into wowser. One popular story says a wowser is something that makes you say 'wow', so a real wowser means 'very impressive' or 'astonishing'.