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VBIED n. The soldiers call them VBIEDs, pronounced VeeBids, for vehicle borne improvised explosive device. [Military Acronym] [full cite] (May. 18, 2005)

wags n.pl. Pictures of the wives and girlfriends (or Wags as the FA’s acronym calls them) of the Euro 2004 England team, or of the wives and girlfriends of the 1999 US Ryder Cup team, for instance, show a classic feminine look where every woman is tanned, polished, thin.…She is not allowed to complain or to step out of line. If she does—such as Posh Spice’s decision not to move to Madrid—she’s criticised or ostracised (witness the glee when Mrs Beckham missed the boat on booking into the same hotel as the other Wags in Portugal because it was full). [English Sports & Recreation Acronym] [full cite] (Oct. 4, 2004)

wags n.pl. She’s got plenty of time to become as polished, pretty and vacant as the WAGs (wives and girlfriends) of the rest of the England squad - why make her clone up any faster than she needs to? [English United Kingdom Sports & Recreation Acronym] [full cite] (Oct. 4, 2004)

WASP n. In a recent study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers questioned the necessity of prescribing antibiotics for children with earaches. This goes against the long-thought grain of using antibiotics for treatment and instead examines a process known as “wait-and-see prescribing” (WASP). Doctors, in the United Kingdom and many other European countries, that practice WASP write a prescription but advise parents not to fill it unless the child fails to improve, or gets worse 48 hours after the appointment. [English Medical Acronym] [full cite] (Sep. 26, 2006)

wizzo n. Lt. Col. Mark Buccigrossi’s the back-seat wizzo—vernacular for the acronym WSO, or weapons system officer/navigator—in the F-4 Phantom. [English Military Jargon Acronym] [full cite] (Dec. 16, 2004)

wizzo n. His “wizzo” weapons system officer, Maj. Billy Wilhite, 36, of Monroe, La., said, “Nobody has ever shot at us before.“ [English Military Jargon Acronym] [full cite] (Dec. 16, 2004)

wizzo n. A skilled “Wizzo”—weapons-systems operator—can achieve good accuracy with only one aiming device, but the planners established the “double lock” rule to make sure the right targets were hit. [English Military Technology Jargon Acronym] [full cite] (Dec. 16, 2004)

wofie n. Foreign companies no longer have to go into joint ventures with state-owned enterprises, known as SOEs—ventures that are often fraught with problems. “In dealing with a SOE, your goals are never going to be the same, and you’re eventually going to have problems.…That’s why people today are doing wofies,“ he said, using a local term for wholly foreign-owned ventures. [ Class Acronym Language English Subject Business] [full cite] (Nov. 15, 2005)

WOMM n. Traditional advertising isn’t all that effective and costs a bundle, but in comparison, word-of-mouth recommendations are incredibly effective and relatively inexpensive. Is it any surprise that WOMM (word-of-mouth marketing) became ond of the big marketing buzzwords in 2006? [English Marketing Acronym] [full cite] (Oct. 31, 2006)

woof n. The report, from market analysts Datamonitor, says three groups of over 50-year-old consumers are emerging. One it called “woofs”—for well-off older folks. [English United Kingdom Money & Finance Factitious Acronym] [full cite] (Apr. 29, 2006)

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