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Wrangler

A of nickname for someone, usu. a male, who has a reputation of being rowdy, tough, and loud. apparent meaning: It is a reference to a person or living being. It is most likely a person who More…

wreakus-deakus

(creative respelling of ‘weak’ and rhyming compounds) unbearably funny =The word ‘weak’ has undergone zero derivation to mean extremely funny. This zero derivation word was formed to More…

wreck

To destroy; To do very well at a particular task. Apparently, this term has more than one meaning. In the first case it means to get into trouble or to hurt oneself. In the other case it More…

Wreck (2)

(derivation) to beat or win in somethoing something ridiculously one sided. =The connotation for wreck means to destroy or ruin so the derivation that has taken place employs this meaning More…

Wrecked

Describes someone or something that has suffered a significant defeat. =Predominantly, this term has been used in the gaming realm. Players tend to express a certain feeling of power while More…

Write sb. off

(verb phrase) ignore, forget; possibly extension from “to regard or concede to be lost” =Just when I had written you off. Oh no, I kind of wrote you off weeks ago… Etymology : semantic More…

writeo

a misspelling in handwriting. With the increased use of computers, errors in spelling are usually referred to as “typos.” Likewise, one may make the analogy that an error from More…

wrongclass

a phrase/part of a conversation intentionally constructed to have a “dirty” double meaning. Clearly derived from misclass; mis was glossed as ‘wrong or incorrect’ More…


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