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Wonga, which is a deep pit in the ground from which fire comes at night.
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A marketing page on the payday lender's website headed 'student loans' claimed that there is "a totally new way of borrowing money to see you through until your next cheque and it's called Wonga".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph James Hall 2012
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(public-school slang for a big chunk of cash) and the men that provided the muscle for the jobs would get jobs as presidential bodyguards, according to a book on the subject entitled The Wonga
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Mann, who hoped to make billions from the so-called Wonga Coup in the oil-rich country, went on to admit that the "old bastard" had done him a favour at the time by forcing him to remain in the Army.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Auslan Cramb 2011
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"Wonga" by someone who spent his money on another burger.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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"I fell in love with rock'n'roll, until I found out it was false", they growl from inside their Wonga.com-sponsored official Vevo player.
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Damelin says Wonga recently reached 1.5m loans and has arrears rates of less than 10%.
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Political attention on Wonga in particular has grown because the firm has been building itself into a household name.
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You wonder if this is some kind of weird memorial to the infamous Wonga coup attempt, when British-led mercenaries failed to overthrow your host in an attempt to get their hands on his oil wealth.
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Which? cites the example of a £100 loan lasting 30 days from Wonga.com, which would cost £36.72 in interest charges.
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