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

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windshield cowboy n. Instead of the customary chuck wagon, the participating cowboys and a number of “windshield cowboy” spectators ate their barbecue dinner at the auction after the herd was penned. [Texas English Agriculture Automobiles & Transportation Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 24, 2007)

windshield cowboy n. Spahnie, who teamed with Johnny Sain to lead the old Boston Braves to a 1948 National League pennant, now calls himself a “windshield cowboy.” A bad knee keeps him from riding the range horseback to round up his Herefords. [English Agriculture Automobiles & Transportation Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 24, 2007)

wing n. Wings—the bulges of fat that protrude over the fastening strap of the bra. [English Body Health Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 5, 2007)

winter legs n.pl. I had been sporting what most women like to call “winter legs”—a reference to some hairy undergrowth—but what I like to describe as my “Tommy Sheridan shrubbery.” Waxing, shaving and plucking became inevitable. It costs me about £30 a month to remotely resemble a female. [English Body Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 24, 2008)

wire brush treatment n. His “snowflake memos” are notorious within the Pentagon, as is his combative style of debating and discussing issues. Civilians and military personnel refer to it as getting “the wire brush treatment.” [English Military Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 24, 2006)

wire-brush treatment n. At 70, still sprints up Pentagon stairways. Senior civilians describe their boss as fierce and demanding; senior military officers describe sessions with him as “the wire-brush treatment.” [English Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 28, 2006)

Wisconsin chrome n. He won’t be able to use the blue air baffle, but maybe he can cobble one up out of pasteboard and Wisconsin Chrome (duct tape). [English United States Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 20, 2006)

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)

witches knickers n.pl. A woman told them that in Ireland bags in trees are called witches’ knickers. [English United Kingdom Slang] [full cite] (May. 5, 2004)

witches knickers n.pl. Two-thirds of this is plastic carrier bags, which end up in landfill or blowing about in trees and hedges (now known colloquially as “witches knickers”). [English United Kingdom Slang] [full cite] (May. 17, 2004)

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