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• wack
  
  ( adj ) Bad. He left the meeting early--a really wack move.
  1990s
• wack
  
  ( adj ) Crazy, insane. The guy is wack; you can't talk to him.
  1970s
• wacko
  
  ( adj ) Crazy, insane. Mona is totally wacko.
  1960s
• wacky
  
  ( adj ) Crazy, insane. I've never known a wackier person than Smoot.
  1940s
• wad
  
  ( n ) Money. You don't want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city.
  1940s
• wail
  
  ( v ) Go fast. You should see his rod wail, man; you couldn't keep up with him.
  1960s
• walking-papers
  
  ( n ) Notice of being fired. I hear Sheila got her walking papers today.
  1950s
• wang
  
  ( n ) A loser, a jerk. Anyone who skips class is a wang.
  1990s
• wanger
  
  ( n ) A loser, a jerk. Their team is just a bunch of wangers.
  1990s
• wank
  
  ( n ) A jerk who thinks he is great. He's such a wank; he thinks all the girls are in love with him.
  1980s
• wannabe
  
  ( n ) Someone who wants to be something. He is a chef wannabe with no palate for fine cuisine.
  1980s
• wannabe
  
  ( n ) Someone who aspires to be someone else. Wanda Sue is a TV weather host wannabe.
  1980s
• wash out
  
  ( v ) To become jaded, no longer effective. I've worked on this job so long that I'm washed out.
  1950s
• washed up
  
  ( adj ) Finished, done in. When the cops caught him, his criminal life was done in.
  1920s
• waste
  
  ( v ) To kill. After you waste him, throw the body in the river.
  1960s
• wasted
  
  ( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. He pounded beers all night and came home wasted.
  1970s
• Way to go!
  
  ( int ) Good going, nice job. Nice 3-pointer, Bev. Way to go!
  1950s
• wazoo
  
  ( n ) The buttocks. Martha kicked Ted right in the old wazoo!
  1970s
• wear low
  
  ( vp ) To annoy, bother. Frank is wearing me low asking me for my phone number.
  1980s
• wedgy
  
  ( n ) Pulling someone's pants up sharply to wedge them in the crack of the buttocks. Get Finley! He always loses his cool when we give him a wedgy.
  1950s
• weed
  
  ( n ) A cigarette. Give me a weed, man. I'm having a nicotine fit.
  1970s
• weirdo
  
  ( n ) An eccentric. That new boy is a kind of weirdo.
  1960s
• welch
  
  ( v ) To fail to meet an obligation. He welched on his promise to help paint my house.
  1930s
• welcher
  
  ( n ) Someone who doesn't pay what is owed. You loaned him $10? The welcher will never pay you back.
  1910s
• wet blanket
  
  ( np ) A squelcher. I hate to go to parties with Shamus Allgood. He's such a wet blanket.
  1850s
• wet blanket
  
  ( np ) A squelcher. Ralph is such a wet blanket, I doubt you can get him to go a party.
  1920s
• wet rag
  
  ( np ) A squelcher. Arnold is such a wet rag he won't even dance.
  1920s
• whack
  
  ( v ) To kill. There was a contract out to whack Johnny for skimming the take at the casino.
  1980s
• whacked
  
  ( adj ) Bad. It was a whacked scene when her boyfriend came in and caught them together.
  1980s
• whacked
  
  ( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Man, I was whacked last night.
  1960s
• whacked
  
  ( adj ) Tired, exhausted. I'm whacked; I can't go anywhere tonight.
  1910s
• What the frick?
  
  ( int ) An interjection of disgust. What the frick! We're having a pop quiz?
  1980s
• What the frig?
  
  ( int ) An interjection of disgust. What the frig! We're having a pop quiz?
  1950s
• What's coming off?
  
  ( phr ) What is going on? So, man, what's coming off tonight.
  1960s
• What's cooking?
  
  ( phr ) What is going on? Hey, buddy, what's cooking? Did somebody get hurt?
  1940s
• What's cracking?
  
  ( phr ) What is going on? What's cracking, girl? You look like you lost your last friend.
  1980s
• What's craculating?
  
  ( phr ) What is going on? What's craculating, dude?
  1990s
• What's eating you?
  
  ( phr ) What is wrong with you? You don't want to see the Dodgers play? What's eating you?.
  1920s
• What's going down?
  
  ( phr ) What is going on? What's going down, man? Why are all the cop cars here?
  1960s
• What's popping?
  
  ( phr ) What is going on? What's popping, dude? Who drew all the squad cars outside?
  1980s
• What's up?
  
  ( phr ) What is going on? What's up? Aren't we shooting hoops today?
  1940s
• What's with you?
  
  ( phr ) What is wrong with you? Hey, what's with you, man. You're really bent.
  1930s
• What's your damage?
  
  ( phr ) What is wrong with you? Why are you crying? What's your damage?
  1980s
• what-say
  
  ( phr ) An expression of greeting. What-say, man? Long time, no see.
  1980s
• whatever
  
  ( int ) An interjection of indifference. Wasn't our project due at noon? Whatever.
  1980s
• wheel
  
  ( n ) An important person. Hardy Partier thinks he's a wheel because he's manager of the mailroom.
  1950s
• wheel
  
  ( n ) A leg. Letticia was convinced that her wheels were as good as anybody's.
  1920s
• wheel-horse
  
  ( n ) An important, visible, hard-working member of an organization. Correy Publican was a wheel-horse of the GOP before her arrest.
  1930s
• wheeler-dealer
  
  ( n ) An important person. Hardy Partier thinks he's a wheel because he's manager of the mailroom.
  1950s
• wheelie
  
  ( n ) Squealing tires. He can't pull away from the curve without making a wheelie.
  1950s
• wheels
  
  ( n ) A car. I can't take my girlfriend out tonight because I don't have wheels.
  1950s
• whip
  
  ( n ) A car. Lets hop in the whip and get up out of here.
  1990s
• whipped
  
  ( adj ) Dominated by a woman or girl. Joe's so whipped he can't leave the house by himself.
  1990s
• whistle Dixie
  
  ( vp ) To be mistaken. If you think you can make a good hotrod for $2000, you're whistling Dixie.
  1940s
• whiz
  
  ( n ) A pee, urination. I need to take a whiz.
  1960s
• whiz
  
  ( n ) Talented person. He is a whiz at the computer.
  1930s
• whiz
  
  ( v ) To urinate. No need to stop for me; I whizzed before I left.
  1960s
• Who's your daddy?
  
  ( phr ) Who is the most important person in your life? Did you like that shot? Who's your daddy?.
  1990s
• whomp
  
  ( v ) Beat, whip. If you don't shut up, I'm going to whomp you.
  1950s
• whoobang
  
  ( v ) To gossip. Quit your whoobanging and let's roll.
  1980s
• Whoop-de-doo!
  
  ( int ) An Interjection of happy surprise. Our final has been cancelled? Whoopty-doo!
  1920s
• whoopee
  
  ( n ) A good time. I've had a tough week. Let's go out and make some whoopee this weekend.
  1920s
• whoopee
  
  ( n ) Hugging and kissing. They were in the living room making whoopee.
  1920s
• Whoopee!
  
  ( int ) An interjection of enjoyment. Whoopee! I won the game!
  1860s
• whoopie!
  
  ( int ) An Interjection of happy surprise. Whoopie! Mama hit the jackpot!
  1920s
• wicked
  
  ( adj ) Excellent, outstanding. That flick was going-away wicked. I loved it.
  1980s
• wicked
  
  ( adv ) Very. That flick was wicked bad.
  1980s
• wig out
  
  ( v ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy. She wigged out when she saw me with my cousin.
  1980s
• wigged
  
  ( adj ) Crazy, insane. I can't talk to her any more; she's completely wigged.
  1980s
• wiggity-wack
  
  ( adj ) Crazy, insane. That Korean food was wiggity-wack.
  1980s
• willies
  
  ( n ) Nervousness from fear, heebie-jeebies Just thinking of how close I came to hitting that other car gives me the willies.
  1890s
• wimp
  
  ( n ) A weak, indecisive person. That wimp is afraid to ask May Belle for a date.
  1960s
• wimpy
  
  ( adj ) Weak or weak-willed, inadequate. He tried to get the job but his attempt was a little wimpy.
  1960s
• wind up
  
  ( v ) End up, go to finally. After making many wrong turns, he finally wound up right back where he started.
  1650s
• wind up
  
  ( v ) Bring to an end. Let's wind up the party and go to bed.
  1820s
• windbag
  
  ( n ) Someone who talks too much. That old windbag never stops talking about himself.
  1890s
• wing
  
  ( v ) To wound superficially. The bank robber took a shot but only winged me.
  1800s
• wino
  
  ( n ) A homeless alcoholic. He always gives change to the winos downtown.
  1910s
• wipe out
  
  ( v ) To completely tire, fatigue. I've been shopping all day and right now I'm simply wiped out.
  1950s
• wipe out
  
  ( v ) To crash on a wave, in a car or plane. He was a great pilot until he wiped out in Alaska.
  1960s
• wired
  
  ( adj ) Tense, excited. I am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee.
  1960s
• wiseacre
  
  ( n ) Someone who makes smart, saucy remarks. Don't be a wiseacre, Buzz, just get it done with no comment.
  1590s
• wisenheimer
  
  ( n ) Someone who thinks he or she is smarter than others. Buzz is a wisenheimer who thinks he knows everything.
  1900s
• with it
  
  ( pp ) Knowledgeable, aware of what really matters. That cat is one of us, man; he's with it!
  1960s
• wolf
  
  ( n ) Aggressively forward male. Stay away from Lance Sterling; he is the biggest wolf in school.
  1940s
• wonk
  
  ( n ) A studious, unsociable person. Well, the wonk got into Harvard but who would date him?
  1960s
• woody
  
  ( n ) A wood sided station wagon. They stopped making woodies because the wood rotted.
  1960s
• woof ticket
  
  ( v ) A lie. Girl, you're just selling woof tickets.
  1990s
• word
  
  ( n ) News, latest gossip. So, what's the word, man?
  1900s
• word from the bird
  
  ( np ) The truth. No school tomorrow and that's the word from the bird!
  1950s
• Wow!
  
  ( int ) An interjection of surprise. Wow! You won the lottery?
  1940s
• wrack your brain
  
  ( vp ) Think hard. I wracked my brain but couldn't come up with the answer.
  1940s
• wrap up
  
  ( v ) To finalize, bring to an end. Merlyn wrapped up his presentation with a chorus of "Happy Days" played on the piano.
  1930s
• wrap-up
  
  ( n ) A summary at the end of an event. Bert watched the late evening wrap-up of the news.
  1950s
• wrecked
  
  ( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. Felix came in about 2 AM totally wrecked.
  1960s
• wrenched
  
  ( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated. She was so wrenched she couldn't even find the john.
  1990s
• wuss
  
  ( n ) A sissy, a coward, a chicken. Morley is such a wuss he won't do anything without first asking his wife.
  1970s
• wussy
  
  ( n ) A weak, indecisive person. Don't be such a wussy all the time. Say what you are thinking.
  1970s