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wraparound adj. Bergantino said the Lacoochee area needs what she can provide: an educational program that encompasses not just reading and writing, but also job readiness and child care. “I refer to what we do as wraparound service,” Bergantino said. “We do whatever it takes, but you’ve got to do your part.” [English] [full cite] (Mar. 28, 2007)

wraparound service adj. It coincided with changes in the child-welfare system, including the development of care-management organizations to work with children and more focus on what’s known as wraparound services. The idea is to supply children with the services they need in their communities, developing local resources—Douglas called them “natural supports”—that families can access easily. [English Jargon] [full cite] (Apr. 18, 2006)

wraparound service adj. We have tried to persuade our legislators and governor to provide the comprehensive treatment so desperately needed by those who suffer from severe mental illness.…But to no avail. Two assembly bills, both sponsored by Helen Thomson, D- Davis, failed to gain funding. AB1421, which would have provided “wraparound” service to the severely mentally ill, was snuffed out in a conference committee. [English] [full cite] (Mar. 28, 2007)

wrath n. “I started to get real uncomfortable sitting in that ‘wrath,’” Grant Wilson, another TAPS member, said in the season premiere, using a term for a fairy domain, in this case essentially a current of bad vibes in an Irish field, with a monstrous-looking ruin on it. [English] [full cite] (Jun. 21, 2007)

wreckovation n. The wreckovation of St. Charles Borromeo, known in L.A. as “the church that Bob Hope built,” is apparently about to commence. [English Construction & Buildings New or Nonce] [full cite] (May. 17, 2006)

wreckreation n. The NRA didn’t explain to Harden and Eilperin what they meant by “access,” but I guessing it means motorized access, which means roads, which means the NRA still supports the biggest threat to wildlife and hunting, at least on public land in the West, poorly managed motorized use or as it’s often called, “wreckreation.” [English Environment Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 16, 2007)

wreckserciser n. As minds turn to valiant New Year resolutions like getting in shape after an overindulgent Christmas, Halifax Home Insurance warns dedicated workout fans to beware the risks of vigorous exercise in the home. It seems a quarter of a million Britons each year damage their properties and possessions while exercising at home, leading Halifax to dub them “wrecksercisers.” [English Health Factitious New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jan. 3, 2007)

wrench n. Adams already had experience fixing bicycles because he did it so much on his own. Soon after completing the bicycle school, DNS closed the lab where Adams was stationed. He decided to became a bike mechanic or—as they call them in the bicycle industry—a “wrench” at a bike shop in Berkeley, Calif. [English Slang] [full cite] (Mar. 13, 2008)

wrench time n. But the mechanics do not simply need better instruction, Mr. Joyce said. The typical mechanic, he estimates, puts in just four and a half hours of “wrench time” during an eight-hour shift. Much time is wasted traveling between subway stations. [English] [full cite] (May. 19, 2008)

wrinkling n. Jobs like “wrinkling”—the local term for heading out into the intertidal zone at low tide and gathering periwinkles for sale to a local shellfish wholesaler. In a corner of Maine where incomes are rock-bottom and jobs are few and far between, Keene said, a few baskets of periwinkles can mean food on the table or gas in the pickup. [English Colloquial] [full cite] (Apr. 6, 2009)

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