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

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woobie n. Almost forgot the most important thing! My WOOBIE!! You might call it poncho liner. It’s a lifesaver on those cold nights in the patrol base. [English Youth Slang] [full cite] (Dec. 11, 2006)

wooby n. The resident villain, Huxley (Mandy Patinkin, suitably silly in a scenery-chewing turn), steals Elmo’s “wooby”—his word for the blanket—thus forcing the littlest Muppet on a perilous quest to retrieve it. [English United States Colloquial] [full cite] (Nov. 23, 2004)

wooby n. The scene where he was trying to tell Vicky Vale that he was really Batman reminded me of Mr. Mom where Keaton is trying to explain to his son that he’ll get him another “wooby.” [English United States Colloquial] [full cite] (Nov. 23, 2004)

wood n. Rudy took Judy out for a stroll up Second Avenue, permitting the newspaper photographers to snap pictures all along the way. They were on the cover—the “wood,” in the argot—of the tabloids the next day, as Giuliani undoubtedly knew they would be. [English Media Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 14, 2007)

wooden-American n. Mr. Johnson as Chuck, a shy ventriloquist, and Bob as a character sometimes called (but not to his face) Bob the Dummy. (The preferred term is “puppet,” or “wooden-American.”) [English Entertainment Euphemism] [full cite] (Sep. 22, 2006)

woodie n. At the moment, I was committed to Lightning Racer, a gorgeous, spaghetti-framed dueling woodie (that’s coaster-speak for a wooden coaster) that lifts you high above the lush landscape of Hersheypark. [English Entertainment Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 11, 2008)

woodpecker n. I worked in the music business in the late “90s, and it would always rankle me to hear industry wonks refer to albums as “product” or “units.” I never used those words; I worked for a record label, not a unit factory. But to the salespeople or radio promoters who would sit in presentation meetings and reflexively nod their heads to music being played while actually paying no attention (earning the pejorative term, “woodpeckers”), nomenclature wasn’t an issue—they might as well have been selling shoes. [English Music] [full cite] (Sep. 15, 2005)

woodshedding n. Mr. Rollins, who has long been lionized, partly for his intense, solitary practicing—or woodshedding, in jazz argot—would often work in the cottage past nightfall. [English Music Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 24, 2006)

woody n. The majority of local darts players prefer the American game, often called “baseball” or “woody.” Players throw wooden darts at a wooden board, taking turns shooting at spots one through nine to rack up to the largest score. [English Entertainment Pastimes & Hobbies Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2006)

woof n. The report, from market analysts Datamonitor, says three groups of over 50-year-old consumers are emerging. One it called “woofs”—for well-off older folks. [English United Kingdom Money & Finance Factitious Acronym] [full cite] (Apr. 29, 2006)

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