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

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vat and sit v. phr. She said most women preferred civil marriages, followed by customary and then living together without legal bindings or “vat and sit” as it is known. [English South Africa Relationships] [full cite] (Feb. 20, 2007)

wah-wah n. Going into Wah-Wah, the pungent and poignant memoir from actor Richard E. Grant about coming of age in colonial Swaziland, you might assume that the title is a Bantu word. It’s of American coinage and refers to the huffy prattle (pip-pip!) Brits utter when they don’t want to say anything. It also refers to the prattlers themselves. Set in the tiny monarchy, an atoll surrounded by South Africa and Mozambique, Swaziland circa 1965 is awash in wah-wahs, many who cannot maintain propriety and family in this land of ocher hills and perpetual sun. [English Relationships Slang] [full cite] (May. 26, 2006)

was-husband n. Levangie Grazer thinks that acrimonious divorces are “so 1990s,” replaced by happily co-existing exes in the mold of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis. She even coined a term for today’s men who remain in their former wives” lives. “He is a was-husband, not ex-husband,” Levangie Grazer said. “I think there is a new, evolved way to get through divorce, and I hope to capture that.” [English Relationships New or Nonce] [full cite] (Sep. 14, 2007)

wash-belly n. Hyacinth “Iya” Archibald’s world was uplifted, when on September 25, 1978, her last child (in Jamaican patois called “wash-belly") Ricardo “Bibi” Gardner was born. [English-based Creole Jamaica Relationships] [full cite] (Jun. 19, 2006)

zofamily n. Happy crawling all you Zofamilies!!! DID YOU KNOW????: That “Zofamily”—Pronounced like “So Family,” is the term used for: “Any family that considers their pets an actual member of the family.” [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Relationships New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jun. 6, 2007)

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