Heenan's Universal Dictionary
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WAR
[1] The continuation of politics
by other means.
[Karl von Clausewitz]
[2] Capitalism with the gloves off.
[Tom Stoppard]
WARGASM
Sex under fire.
[Anon]
WAYDA
Wait for, as in 'wayda minnit'
[Coal-Speak]
WAYZGOOSE
Printers' annual dinner or
excursion. [WorldWideWords]
WEBLIOGRAPHY
Reference list of sources that have been published on the Internet.
[World Wide Words]
WHINGE
Complain, especially in
an annoying way. [Strine]
WHINGER
One who complains. And complains. And complains
[Strine]
WHISTLE
Suit (Whistle and Flute).
[Rhyming]
WHOMAJIGGER
A person or thing whose actual
name one can't remember. [Strine]
WHOREGASM
Sex with a prostitute
[Anon]
WIKIPEDIAN
One who believes everything at Wikipedia
- and has never read "The Emperor's New Clothes".
[Anon]
WIKIPEDIST
One who writes twaddle for Wikipedia.
[Anon]
WILEY
Accident-prone actor doing his or
her own stunts. After Wile E. Coyote.
[Palo Alto]
WILLY-NILLY:
Impotent . [Anon]
WINDOWS
Will Install Needless Data On Whole System.
[Palo Alto]
WITTICISM
A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted, and seldom noted.
[Ambrose Bierce]
WOBBLY
Excitable behaviour ("I
complained about the food and the waiter threw a wobbly").
[Strine]
WOMEN
The triumph
of matter over mind (see men).
[Oscar Wilde]
WORDS
The most powerful drug used by mankind.
[Rudyard
Kipling]
WORK
The curse of the drinking classes
[Oscar Wilde]
WORRYING
The most natural and spontaneous of all
human functions.
[Lewis Thomas]
MILLION-DOLLAR WOUND
Non-crippling
wound serious enough to warrant return to the U.S.
[U.S.Nam]
WRINKLES
Facial lines found on other people.
[Anon]
WRITING
Turning one's worst moments into money [J.P.Donleavy]