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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)

waz adj. The team name Wazwagamafs comes from waz (Marine lingo for fantastic) and “wagamafs, (wives and girlfriends and mums and families/friends). [English United Kingdom Military Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 20, 2008)

wear one v. phr. They expected someone to “wear one”—baseball parlance for getting plunked—after their pitchers hit seven Dodgers batters in their previous series, but took exemption to the 24-year-old’s timing. [English Baseball Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (May. 2, 2005)

weed n. Dantonio wanted to get guys to quit, wanted the weak, or the “the weeds” as he called them, to leave. It was a risk. Maybe he’d lose some talent, but what good is it if the character is corosive? [English Derogatory Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 1, 2007)

weekend hippie n. Weekend hippie: A Rainbow who has a permanent home and job but enjoys the lifestyle. Also groovy Rainbow. [English United States Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 4, 2004)

weenus n. Equipment in women’s sizes can sometimes be harder to come by. Some women use newer forms of birth control to make their periods less frequent. Even urinating can become a problem. The military has disbursed portable contraptions the women affectionately call a weenus, for use on long truck drives. [English Slang] [full cite] (Oct. 3, 2006)

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