English Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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weathervaning n. “During hurricanes, most construction companies allow their cranes to spin freely in the winds,” said Edmonson. “And I think that is dangerous.” That practice is known in the construction industry as weathervaning, allowing cranes to swing with the wind like weathervanes. [English Construction & Buildings Jargon] [full cite] (Jul. 11, 2006)

webcest n. The word is “webcest”; its definition: “anything kind of deviant and/or disgusting that people do because of the Internet.” [English] [full cite] (Sep. 11, 2005)

webinar n. Intelliseek will discuss these and other year-end findings at a one-hour webinar 4 p.m.(ET) Thursday Dec. 16, “2004 in Review: A Look at the Year in Blogging.” [English Jargon] [full cite] (Dec. 22, 2004)

webl n. It’s my Webl (pronounced “Webble”). It’s the same as a Blog, but it’s cooler.…I hereby name this journal entry a “Webl” and dub myself a “Webbler”! I am reattaching that congenial couplet, “we,” and instead bumping off that sinister, treacherous “og’ pair on the other end. Take that! [English] [full cite] (Jan. 13, 2005)

weblet n. The CW is a semi-new network formed by the merger of the now-defunct UPN and the WB—“weblets” in industry parlance. [English Media Television Jargon] [full cite] (Sep. 22, 2006)

webswev n. Another group is trying to market a new word: webswev. It stands for “Web significantly watered down English verbosity.” It is the language used on Internet bulletin boards and chat lines that relies on abbreviations, symbols, numbers and exaggerations. [English Online New or Nonce] [full cite] (Apr. 29, 2004)

wedcast n. Weddings held in exotic locales seem ready-made for the small screen, as wedcasts provide a way for couples to tie the knot at a Florida resort or on a mountaintop in Hawaii while including friends and loved ones who cannot make the trip. [English Online Technology] [full cite] (Oct. 26, 2007)

wedding map n. New styles include the Line Drive Maps, once only available to end-users, which makes a “stick map” or schematic from complex directions. Trina Seinfeld, Lead Product Manager in the MapPoint Business Unit, referred to it as a “wedding map” during our call. [English Technology] [full cite] (Sep. 22, 2005)

wedding moon n. The resort offers a deal to those who are about to be married—guests who stay five night or longer are treated to a free wedding. Reynolds has also planned “wedding moons,” as she calls them, in Cozumel, Mexico; Hawaii and Las Vegas. [English] [full cite] (Feb. 22, 2008)

weddingitis n. It too often occurs that the intimate players involved in a wedding become afflicted with what I call “weddingitis.” The disease is not fatal, but it can kill relationships. It’s a disease in which the stricken individual acts in ways most demanding, most erratic, most wicked, most out of character. [English New or Nonce] [full cite] (Apr. 5, 2006)

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