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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)

whale n. People with thousands of friends are called “whales” by Facebook employees. Only a small percentage of their user base has more than 1,000 friends. [English Online Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 25, 2007)

wikigroaning n. First, find a useful Wikipedia article that normal people might read. For example, the article called “Knight.” Then, find a somehow similar article that is longer, but at the same time, useless to a very large fraction of the population. In this case, we’ll go with “Jedi Knight.” Open both of the links and compare the lengths of the two articles. Compare not only that, but how well concepts are explored, and the greater professionalism with which the longer article was likely created. Are you looking yet? Get a good, long look. Yeah. Yeeaaah, we know, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. (We’re calling it Wikigroaning for a reason.) The next step is to find your own article pair and share it with your friends, who will usually look for their own pairs and you end up spending a good hour or two in a groaning arms race. [English Online New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jun. 7, 2007)

Wikipedian defense n. At any rate, the whole process is taking on a life of its own as various people weigh in and out on the issue of the tests, what they showed, whether they showed what Floyd says they did or not, and so on. This is, as Landis’ old coach Arnie Baker told me last week, a Wikipedian defense (a term Baker says he coined), whereby anyone can participate and correct erroneous information. [English Online New or Nonce] [full cite] (Oct. 27, 2006)

wilfing n. Britain is becoming a nation of aimless internet users, spending an average of two full working days a month surfing the web without any real purpose, a study claimed today. More than two thirds of the UK’s 33.7 million internet users admit to the newly-identified habit of “wilfing” (What Was I Looking For?), and put their hands up to being regularly distracted when surfing, whether at work or in the home. [English Online Factitious New or Nonce] [full cite] (Apr. 11, 2007)

wisebot n. John Burgess, a retired US foreign service officer who blogs about Saudi Arabia, is a “wisebot”—defined as a Web-savvy expert on some subject who is both wise and smart. [English Online Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 12, 2008)

word of mouse n. Word of mouse is the latest trend in online travel planning, and a variety of corporate travel companies are setting up networking sites in hopes of becoming the Facebook of corporate travel. [English Online Technology] [full cite] (Jul. 8, 2008)

yahoo-yahoo n. In less than three months of its release, the song is currently generating controversy, following the alleged promotion of the internet fraud popularly known as Yahoo-yahoo in local parlance. [English Nigeria Crime & Prisons Online] [full cite] (Jul. 16, 2007)

yahoo-yahoo boy n. Today, the con usually relies on e-mail and is often called a 419 scheme after the anti-fraud section of the criminal code in Nigeria, where it flourishes.…The scammers, who often operate in crime rings, are known as “yahoo-yahoo boys,” because the frequently use free Yahoo accounts. [English Nigeria Crime & Prisons Online] [full cite] (May. 10, 2006)

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