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weblet n. The CW is a semi-new network formed by the merger of the now-defunct UPN and the WB—“weblets” in industry parlance. [English Media Television Jargon] [full cite] (Sep. 22, 2006)

Weblogestan n. “Weblogestan” is an Iranian online slang term for the realm of Persian-language blogs. (The time has definitely come for it to be adapted, and adopted, into Anglophone usage.) Over the last two years, Western journalists have looked at blogging as part of the political and cultural ferment in Iran — treating it, predictably enough, as a simple manifestation of the yearning for a more open society. Doostdar complicates this picture by looking at what we might call the borders of Veblogestan (to employ a closer transliteration of the term, as used specifically to name Iranian blogging). [Iran Media Technology] [full cite] (Mar. 29, 2005)

webswev n. Another group is trying to market a new word: webswev. It stands for “Web significantly watered down English verbosity.” It is the language used on Internet bulletin boards and chat lines that relies on abbreviations, symbols, numbers and exaggerations. [English Online New or Nonce] [full cite] (Apr. 29, 2004)

wedcast n. Weddings held in exotic locales seem ready-made for the small screen, as wedcasts provide a way for couples to tie the knot at a Florida resort or on a mountaintop in Hawaii while including friends and loved ones who cannot make the trip. [English Online Technology] [full cite] (Oct. 26, 2007)

wedding map n. New styles include the Line Drive Maps, once only available to end-users, which makes a “stick map” or schematic from complex directions. Trina Seinfeld, Lead Product Manager in the MapPoint Business Unit, referred to it as a “wedding map” during our call. [English Technology] [full cite] (Sep. 22, 2005)

wedding moon n. The resort offers a deal to those who are about to be married—guests who stay five night or longer are treated to a free wedding. Reynolds has also planned “wedding moons,” as she calls them, in Cozumel, Mexico; Hawaii and Las Vegas. [English] [full cite] (Feb. 22, 2008)

weddingitis n. It too often occurs that the intimate players involved in a wedding become afflicted with what I call “weddingitis.” The disease is not fatal, but it can kill relationships. It’s a disease in which the stricken individual acts in ways most demanding, most erratic, most wicked, most out of character. [English New or Nonce] [full cite] (Apr. 5, 2006)

wedge tornado n. The tornado that struck Greensburg is being described as at least a mile wide, perhaps a mile and a half wide. It was what is known as a “wedge” tornado, a tornado that looks wider than it does tall. [English Environment] [full cite] (May. 5, 2007)

wedgebuster n. Goff’s role as a “wedgebuster” is part of the historic derivative of one of football’s oldest and most dangerous plays: the Flying Wedge, first used by Harvard against Yale in 1892. Back then, 10 men formed a V alignment to protect one ball carrier from 11 tacklers. Sometimes, they linked arms or grasped large loops sewn into the trousers of their teammates. The play caused so many injuries that it was banned in 1894, but variations of it continued because coaches found ways around the letter of the law. [English Football Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Nov. 13, 2008)

wedgie n. Last year I converted from a road bike (fondly called a “wedgie”) to a recumbent (proudly called a “bent”). [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jul. 19, 2005)

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