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white knowledge n. information acquired without conscious effort. (posted Oct. 19, 2004) [full entry…]
white space n. an under-served business market or undeveloped product category. (posted Dec. 8, 2004) [full entry…]
white-label adj. (of a product or service) generic or un-branded and intended for resale or wholesale. Also as v. (posted Feb. 1, 2006) [full entry…]
who laid the rail adv. phr. in the forms from or to or until or for or since who laid the rail: with all possible speed, force, or action; completely, thoroughly, excessively, endlessly, limitlessly; quickly; forever, always, since time immemorial, until the end of time. (posted Dec. 30, 2006) [full entry…]
whoa break v. phr. to train a dog to stop in response to a verbal command. (posted Jun. 6, 2006) [full entry…]
whoadie n. a casual, familiar form of address for a friend. (posted Jun. 28, 2004) [full entry…]
whoop n. (also whoop-de-do) a bump or undulation in a trail used for riding or racing motorcyles, bicycles, or motorbikes. (posted Jun. 20, 2007) [full entry…]
wig-wag n. a rapidly alternating or strobing warning light. Also attributive. (posted Mar. 20, 2006) [full entry…]
wila n. a surreptitious note (sent by or between prisoners); a kite. (posted Sep. 23, 2005) [full entry…]
windshield cowboy n. a cattle rancher who works while driving a pickup truck instead of riding a horse; generally, a mildly deprecating term for an aspiring rancher who is considered a pretender. (posted Aug. 24, 2007) [full entry…]
wingery n. a restaurant that specializes in serving spicy hot chicken wings. (posted Mar. 23, 2007) [full entry…]
winker n. the anus; the posterior or buttocks. (posted Jul. 15, 2005) [full entry…]
wireline adj. of communication or technology, connected by cable or wire; the opposite of wireless. (posted Aug. 14, 2007) [full entry…]
witches’ knickers n.pl. plastic bags that have caught in trees or bushes. (posted May. 17, 2004) [full entry…]
witchy-poo n. a person perceived as espousing false or popular notions of witches or Wiccan beliefs; a fluffy-bunny; (attributively) showing characteristics of such notions or espousing a vague non-denominational spiritualism; woo-woo. (posted Jun. 26, 2007) [full entry…]
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