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

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washing line n. Washing lines: Vertical work station on which aircraft wing panels are positioned and worked on prior to wing assembly. [English Aviation Slang] [full cite] (Dec. 17, 2007)

waste-face n. Dubbing it a “true lounge,” Head says Soho 7 is for the crowd that has matured past the waste-face Water Street scene and is looking for a nicer space to sip a drink. [English Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 24, 2008)

water buffalo n. Larson said his “water buffaloes,” a term used to describe experts in the water field, took advantage of the lull to sway his thinking, too. They didn’t like the idea of bringing water quality into the mix. [English Environment Slang] [full cite] (May. 3, 2006)

water buffalo n. Other times foundations fracture and wells crack, the water draining away. “Water buffalo”—the local term for replacement water tanks wrapped in white insulation—graze in backyards and side lots. [English Slang] [full cite] (May. 16, 2008)

water chestnut n. Best of all, “water chestnut,” which, for reasons that elude me, refers to a Japanese male homosexual. Just be careful next time you’re in a Chinese restaurant, you breeders: who knows what you might be ordering. [English Gay Sex & Sexuality Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 12, 2008)

waterbowling n. They said Glass and another drill instructor would line recruits up after meals and force them to down liters of water from their canteens in a ritual they referred to as “waterbowling.” [English Military New or Nonce Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 16, 2007)

waterbug n. When a player (usually a guard) possesses extreme quickness, he is sometimes referred to as a “waterbug.” [English Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 29, 2007)

watermelon n. We have one for the greens—"watermelons” (green on the outside, red on the inside, i.e. closet commies). [English Environment Politics Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 29, 2004)

watermelon n. The keynote speaker, William H. Holms, presented a talk entitled, “Wimps, Weirdos and Watermelons,” in which he stated environmentalists were just a bunch of unemployed welfare-leeching Communists. He suggested that the timber industry should join forces with the farming and mining (oil) industries and mount a “hate campaign” against the environmental community, which he portrayed as “green on the outside and red on the inside.” [English Environment Politics Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 30, 2004)

watermelon n. Major Robert D’Aubuisson, leader of the ultra right Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), likes to compare the Christian Democrats to a watermelon. “Green (the Christian Democrats’ official color) on the outside,” he says, “and red on the inside.” [English Environment Politics Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 30, 2004)

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