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MMOG Gangsters Brought to Justice
The Inquirer is reporting on the crackdown of a virtual gang by police. The officers caught the thugs who are "charged with stealing virtual wonga [ed. - UK slang for money] and around 50,000 usernames and passwords from multi-playing gamers. The ringleader, a Mr Lee, is reported to have hired a gang of Chinese hackers who sent in the Trojan horses to pinch the online identities."
It's listed on londonslang.com, though. H2G2 also mentions it, as does urbandictionary.com. I'm not from London, but it sure seems to be real.
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Im from scotland, and ive never heard of it either. Im pretty sure anyone that said "wonga" would get punched as well.
It is not, however, listed in the OED. The closest word in the OED is wonga-wonga, which is some sort of Australian pigeon.
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I'm also from London, am aware of the term and have heard it used, though don't think I've ever used it myself. It's one of those "know what it means but never use it" words like "mullah" or "moolah", which has the same meaning.
You might not be working class enough to have heard it used a lot. It tends to be used by "duckers and divers" and chancers, market traders, etc. It's the sort of word people like Del Boy use.. I imagine he probably has used it in the show.
Anyway, It's definitely a real term. While not common by any means, it's a lot more common than the bullshit rhyming slang some people claim is popular like "Claire Rayners" for trainers!!!