General
woop woop
What does woop woop mean?
An imaginary or real place far from anywhere; the back of beyond.
"They live out in woop woop, hours from the nearest town."
Origin
Australian; a reduplicated jocular name for a remote locality.
Frequently asked questions
What does 'woop woop' mean?
Woop woop is Australian slang for a remote, far-off place in the middle of nowhere, whether a real tiny locality or an imaginary back-of-beyond.
Where does 'woop woop' come from?
It's a jocular reduplicated coinage in Australian English used as a generic name for any distant, out-of-the-way spot.
Is 'woop woop' a real place?
Not really; it's used as a stand-in name for anywhere remote, though it plays on the sound of genuine rural place names.
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