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

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Wagnolater n. They are a rare breed, those rabid fans of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle, and right now, they are angry.…While some Ringheads or Ringnuts, as they are called, took the change in stride, others were not shy about expressing their frustration with the Met’s decision.…Ringheads, also known as Wagnolaters, often travel the world to hear the cycle, reserving special devotion for Bayreuth, Germany, where Wagner’s own theater stands. [English Music Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 10, 2008)

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)

wake and bake v. phr. The day’s already half gone, and Carlos, who sheepishly admits he’s a wake-and-bake sort of guy, hasn’t done much today but blaze blunts with his “boys”—fellow gang members—as the rain came down for the first time in weeks. [English Drugs Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 27, 2006)

walkie n. I am sure many people have had the experience of walking along a crowded pavement when someone suddenly darts out of a shop in front of them. That is OK when it happens to what I call “walkies,” who both say “sorry” and walk off without thinking any more about it. But when a wheelchair user is involved and there is a little bump on the ankle, people stare and think it is the wheelchair user’s fault. [English Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 4, 2008)

walking on a mattress n. Walking on Mattress…Exhilarated by drugs. [English Drugs Slang] [full cite] (May. 13, 2005)

wall dog n. Before moving to New York two years ago, Mr. Lindahl worked as an itinerant sign painter in cities around the country, picking up trade secrets from “wall dogs”—old men who spent their lives suspended above the city, painting larger-than-life images on building walls. [English Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2006)

wallpaper n. Morton began collecting stamps as a kid, deciding to specialize in stamps from a particular country. He settled for the Gold Coast, which later became Ghana, and that turned out to be a nightmare when the country turned Communist and issued what collectors refer to as “wallpaper,” he said. Wallpaper is stamps that aren’t used for postage but printed merely for collectors, thus generating revenue beyond the scope of mail postage. [English Pastimes & Hobbies Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 23, 2006)

waps n.pl. A preliminary hearing into her sexual discrimination case against the international finance giant heard that senior colleague Nathaniel Norgren indeed congratulated her on her waps—British slang for breasts—at an office Christmas lunch last year. [English United Kingdom Sex & Sexuality Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 4, 2004)

waps n.pl. We never get to see much during a streak, do we? There’s always some copper there with his fucking helmet, sticking it over the fanny, and some doddering old get dressed in Union Jack clothes to put his coat over her waps. [English United Kingdom Sex & Sexuality Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 5, 2004)

waps n.pl. Close with the flaps meaning titties, they are waps. [English United Kingdom Sex & Sexuality Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 5, 2004)

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