Slang words: W
609 slang and Internet words starting with W, each with its slang meaning. Trending slang
- W communityA Twitch community characterized by chatters reacting to events using W and L in text, instead of using...
- W in the chatA victory: excitement, happiness, amazement.
- w00tUsed to express joy, particularly that felt during success or victory.
- W3TechsA widely cited, independent service that provides detailed, daily-updated market share statistics on web...
- wabsBreasts.
- wackAnnoyingly or disappointingly bad, in various senses; lousy, corny, cringy, uncool, messed up.
- wack outTo become deranged.
- wackadooCrazy, wacky.
- wackagingProduct packaging that uses quirky and eye-catching text or images to attract the buyer.
- wackaloonA crazy person; an eccentric; a kook.
- wacknessBadness; contemptibility.
- wackyZany; eccentric.
- wacky baccyMarijuana.
- wacky weedMarijuana.
- wackyparseTo misread a text with humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist...
- wackyparsingAn instance of a phrase being wackyparsed.
- wadA sandwich.
- wafRepresents the sound of a fox barking.
- waffleTo smash (something).
- waffle-stompTo beat decisively.
- WAFFyEvoking, related to, or characteristic of warm and fuzzy feelings (WAFF).
- waftA loose noncommittal shot, usually played to a ball pitched short of length and well wide of the off stump.
- wagTo play truant from school.
- wag itSynonym of play the wag (“to play truant from school”).
- Wagatha ChristieA dispute between footballers' wives Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney regarding the leaking of posts from a...
- wagger-pagger-baggerA wastepaper basket.
- wagieA wage slave.
- wagonButtocks.
- wagwanA greeting, equivalent to what's up or what's happening.
- WAHMA nappy made (sewn) by a work-at-home mother, especially a reusable cloth nappy.
- waiWhy (a purposeful misspelling).
- waifuA female fictional character from non-live-action visual media (typically an anime, manga, or video game) or...
- wailTo perform with great liveliness and force.
- waist cardA slim and attractive waist.
- waistlinePerson having a large waistline.
- waiting modeA neurodivergent phenonemon where someone feels unable to complete tasks while waiting for an important event...
- WakaliwoodThe developing film industry in Wakaliga, a slum in Kampala, Uganda.
- wake and bakeTo smoke marijuana soon after waking up.
- wakeyThe day on which one wakes up and travels home.
- walaʻauGarrulous.
- walkA cheque drawn on a bank that was not a member of the London Clearing and whose sort code was allocated on a...
- walk downTo be defeated, especially in one-sided or embarrassing fashion.
- walk of shameA tacit or symbolic acknowledgement of defeat or acquiescence when confronted by a First Amendment auditor.
- walk on byTo walk past (someone, something) without stopping or acknowledging them.
- walk one's chalksTo depart; to go away without ceremony.
- walk the beatTo patrol on the job, especially as a police officer or guard.
- walking gentlemanA male actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words.
- walking ladyA female actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a ladylike appearance but few words.
- walking stickA playing card with the rank of seven.
- walking wicketA batter who performs very badly.
- wallThe stage of biological aging where physical appearance and attractiveness start to deteriorate rapidly.
- wall of textAn intimidatingly large block of writing, particularly one with few or no paragraph breaks.
- wallahA guy or bloke.
- wallahiI swear to God; used to add emphasis.
- walled gardenA set of web pages or other resources that are richly interlinked and share a common focus, but have little...
- walletA person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet).
- wallet inspectorOne who takes advantage of the naïveté of another, particularly if the ulterior motive appears obvious.
- wallet nameA person's legal name.
- wallopAnything produced by a process that involves boiling; beer, tea, or whitewash.
- walloperSomething big; a whopper.
- wallopingWhopping, large in size.
- wallpaperGeneric footage of a building or location that may be used in the background of a related news report.
- wallyA fool.
- WaluigiAn artificial intelligence that exhibits negative, chaotic traits because its developers trained it to avoid...
- wambulanceA notional ambulance called to the scene when somebody is upset; used in dismissive responses to complaining...
- wampumMoney.
- wampusA lout; a yokel.
- waneA child.
- want someone's nachosTo covet another; to envy one's accomplishments or qualities.
- wapA weapon, gun.
- warAn argument between two or more people with opposing opinions on a topic or issue.
- war babyAn officer owing his position to the need of the time rather than competence.
- war daddyA player with extraordinary ability and exceptional toughness.
- warblerA hissy fit.
- warblogA blog documenting an ongoing military conflict or presenting analysis or opinions related to it.
- warbloggerThe writer of a warblog.
- warbotA malicious bot (automated user) designed to disrupt other users' activity.
- WarcrackThe massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.
- warezSoftware that is illegally obtained or distributed.
- warfreakA belligerent person, usually one who picks arguments or fights.
- wargTo possess the mind of (and see through the eyes of) another person or animal.
- warheadA cigarette where the tobacco is mixed with some other drug.
- warmTo send electronic mail from (a domain) to improve its reputation for mail sending.
- warm carlA sexual act of defecating on the face of a sexual partner, usually covered in plastic wrap.
- warm upSynonym of warm (“send mail from a domain to improve reputation”).
- warmingA beating; a thrashing.
- WarsieA fan of the Star Wars films and/or media franchise.
- warthogA nickname for the A-10 Thunderbolt II air support warplane.
- warwalkingThe act of walking around with a wireless device to find an access point for a wireless network.
- wasbandAn ex-husband, a former husband.
- washA fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is...
- wash roomA bathroom, lavatory, toilet, restroom, or powder room.
- wash upTo beat up (someone).
- wash your sister sauceSynonym of Worcestershire sauce.
- washbasin helmetA style of soldier's helmet that is almost identical to or resembles the helmet used by the British Empire...
- washoutA total failure; a disappointment.
- washupA meeting to gauge the success or failure of an operation or war game.
- waspingThe potentially lethal act of smoking or otherwise ingesting insecticide to achieve a high, usually in...
- waspyLike a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture.
- wassatWhat is that?
- wassupWhat's up? (as a greeting).
- wassyWanton, driven, hyperactive.
- wastedVery drunk or stoned.
- wasteoidSomeone who is habitually wasted (drunk or stoned).
- wasteyGetting drunk close to being wasted.
- wataaShocking; explicit, risqué, provocative.
- watchalongA communal session of watching a film or television show (live or pre-recorded), often followed by discussing...
- watchieA watchman.
- WatchmenverseThe fictional universe of Watchmen, a DC Comics miniseries published in 1986, which also includes other...
- water croutonSynonym of ice cube.
- water ratA petty thief or waterfront ruffian.
- waterfallThe action of drinking from a vessel without touching it with the lips, considered more sanitary for a shared...
- waterheadTo behave in an imbecilic manner.
- watermelonA breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.
- WatsonianFrom an in-universe perspective; of or relating to an explanation within the text; internal to the narrative.
- wave the bloody shirtTo mention the fallen and wars (especially the American Civil War) in an effort to draw empathy.
- wavyCool and fashionable.
- waxTo kill, especially to murder a person.
- wax someone's tailTo lock one's weapons onto the tail of an enemy aircraft.
- waxheadA surfer (surfboard enthusiast).
- wayYes; it is true; it is possible.
- way out of a paper bagA minimal level of competence or effectiveness, as used in phrases where one is unable to perform.
- way way backThe third row of seats in a station wagon, especially rear-facing.
- way-outOut of the mainstream of society.
- WaycestThe incestuous pairing of the brothers Gerard Way and Mikey Way, of American rock band My Chemical Romance...
- WayHaughtThe ship of characters Waverly Earp and Nicole Haught from the television series Wynonna Earp.
- WayleenThe couple consisting of celebrities Wayne Rooney and Coleen Rooney (née McLoughlin).
- waymentWait a minute.
- wazillionAn unspecified large number (of).
- wazzedDrunk.
- wazzockedDrunk.
- we been knewA response to a statement or notion that is obvious or already widely known.
- we live in a societyThe mores of society are irrational, hypocritical or otherwise flawed.
- weakBad or uncool.
- weak-handedSelling his invested position(s) in reaction to ephemeral signs of a downturn.
- weakieA weak, unreliable or mediocre person or thing; a weakling.
- weaponA very skilled, competent, or capable person or thing worthy of awe.
- WeasleycestAny incestuous relationship involving members of the Weasley family from the Harry Potter series.
- weather guesserA meteorologist.
- webThe Internet; the World Wide Web.
- Web 1.0The first generation of the World Wide Web, characterized by separate static websites rather than...
- Web 2.0The second generation of the World Wide Web, especially the movement away from static webpages to dynamic and...
- Web 3.0The predicted third generation of the World Wide Web, usually conjectured to include semantic tagging of...
- web beaconA web bug.
- web browserA computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and following hyperlinks.
- web bugA small, usually transparent image added by an advertiser to a webpage (to track its popularity) or email...
- web colorAny color, typically specified as an RGB triplet or in hexadecimal format, that can be displayed on a web...
- web developerA person who develops applications designed to be used via the World Wide Web.
- web feedA newsfeed.
- Web Ontology LanguageA formal language (or family of languages) used to draw inferences from a large data set, especially from the...
- web pageA single hypertext document (transmitted as HTML) on the World Wide Web, often hyperlinked to others, and...
- web providerA business offering Internet-based services, such as an ISP (Internet service provider) or web hosting...
- Web robotSynonym of Web spider.
- Web scutterSynonym of Web spider.
- web seriesAn online series of videos, especially one first published on the Internet.
- Web serviceA software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network.
- web shellA shell-like interface for issuing commands to a compromised server.
- Web spiderA software program that gathers specific information in an automated and orderly way from the World Wide Web.
- web-basedBased on Web technology, accessible via a web browser.
- webbookA book that may be read via the Internet.
- webcartoonistA person who creates webcomics.
- webcomicAn online comic, especially one first published on the Internet.
- webcoreThe Old Web.
- webcrafterA person who designs and creates websites; a web designer.
- webfolioAn e-portfolio published on the World Wide Web.
- webfontA font designed for or used on the Internet.
- webformA collection of user interface components on a website designed to solicit information from a user.
- webguideA guide published on the World Wide Web; an informative website.
- webheadAn avid user of the World Wide Web.
- webhookA method of augmenting or altering the behavior of a web application or a web page using custom callbacks...
- webisodicA website offering an unfolding story in the form of blog posts, images, short videos, etc. posted at...
- webizeTo adapt for the World Wide Web.
- weblicationA computer application served on the World Wide Web.
- weblishTo publish on the Web (as distinguished from in print).
- weblogA website in the form of an ongoing journal.
- webloggerOne who maintains a weblog.
- webmasteryThe work of a webmaster.
- webocracyThe online participation of citizens in democratic processes such as in online voting during parliament...
- webometricsThe measurement and subsequent analysis of links on the World Wide Web.
- webringA collection of related websites which are interlinked in a circular structure, each site having links to the...
- webrootThe topmost directory in which the files making up a web site are located on a web server.
- websafeBelonging to a small set of fonts that are present on a wide range of computer systems, thus likely to appear...
- webside mannerThe manner in which a healthcare professional interacts with patients remotely in telehealth or telemedicine.
- websiteA collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base...
- website aggregatorA website that consolidates information from a multitude of other websites (often by means of newsfeeds)...
- websmithA person who creates web pages; a web designer.
- webspaceDisk space used to store web pages and other content that can be accessed through the World Wide Web.
- webstoreA sales outlet which supplies goods or services over the World Wide Web.
- webstreamA streaming media delivery method which uses the Internet to deliver audio and video playback to the end user.
- websurfTo browse or peruse websites.
- webtoolAny software tool that operates over the Internet.
- webtoonAn animated cartoon published on the World Wide Web.
- webutationA person's or company's reputation on the World Wide Web.
- webvertisingAdvertising on the World Wide Web.
- webwareSoftware that is accessed online, typically via a browser.
- wedge upTo barricade oneself in one's cell.
- wedgedStuck; incapable of proceeding without help, though not having crashed.
- wedgieA prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply from behind in order to wedge the clothing...
- wedgitudeA state of being stuck or wedged.
- Wednesday spoilersSpoilers for recent comic books (which are typically released each Wednesday).
- weebyResembling or characteristic of a weeb.
- weed manA male drug dealer or dispenser who specializes in cannabis.
- weed numberThe number 420.
- weedaholicA marijuana addict.
- Weekend at Bernie'sTo move a dead body, or otherwise a nonresponsive person (such as due to illness or intoxication), while...
- weenie roasterA jet-powered car or early top-fuel dragster.
- weepathonA protracted session of crying.
- weepfestAn event, a dramatic work, etc. that involves a lot of weeping.
- wefieA photographic group portrait, especially one taken manually (can be using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small...
- weigh offTo sentence (a prisoner).
- weightOne pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
- weight weenieA cyclist who is overly concerned about the weight of their bicycle.
- WeinergateA sexting scandal of 2011, involving US politician Anthony Weiner.
- WeinsteinTo accuse someone in an influential position of sexual harassment.
- weird outTo make someone feel, by weirdness, uneasy or uncomfortable; to make one feel (that something is) weird.
- Weird TwitterA community of Twitter accounts dedicated to satirical, absurdist, or subversive humor.
- weirdistSomeone who creates or enjoys weird fiction ("a macabre subgenre of speculative fiction").
- weisureThe merging of work and leisure activities.
- welcsYou're welcome.
- wellVery (as a general-purpose intensifier).
- well, well, wellUsed with interleaved emoji to express a lack of surprise that a particular group is involved in a certain...
- well-breechedWealthy.
- welliedDrunk.
- welly itTo apply maximum force, energy, or acceleration to something.
- Welwitschia GothAn aesthetic based on internet artwork created during the 2000s, featuring innocent motifs (e.g. bows, lace...
- wenisThe skin on the outside of the elbow.
- wereThe collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including...
- westabooA non-Western person (especially a Japanese national) who is obsessed with Western culture and media.
- WestlandgateA 1985 controversy around government plans to bail out the helicopter company Westland.
- wetIneffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
- wet and warmTea (the drink).
- wet bobA schoolboy who goes in for rowing in preference to cricket or football.
- wet boyA contractor assassin or hit man.
- wet goodsIntoxicating liquors.
- wet noodleA man with erectile dysfunction.
- wet pailAny diaper pail that contains water.
- wet willyA prank whereby a saliva-moistened finger is inserted into an unsuspecting person's ear, often with a slight...
- wetterA knife used to commit wettings (stabbings).
- wettieA wetsuit.
- wettingAn act of murdering or seriously injuring someone.
- wetting downA party held to celebrate a promotion in the navy.
- wetwareThe human brain or mind, likened to a computer part.
- whackTo assassinate, bump off.
- whack outTo produce (something) carelessly or thoughtlessly.
- whack upTo strike someone or something repeatedly or very forcefully.
- whackageWhacking; beating.
- whackedIntoxicated on drugs.
- whackerA radio amateur who is keenly interested in emergency response and may travel to the sites of emergencies.
- whaddayaknowWhat do you know?
- whaddayameanWhat do you mean?
- whaddayasayWhat do you say? What is your opinion?
- whaddayawantWhat do you want?
- whaleTo thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly.
- whale onTo strike an opponent heavily and repeatedly in a fight.
- whale tailAn unintentional display of a thong above the waistband of trousers etc.
- whale's tailThe distal bifurcation of the left anterior descending coronary artery.
- whalerA sundowner; one who cruises about.
- whalesonaA fursona that is a whale.
- whangTo whack or beat.
- wharf ratA neglected boy who lives around the wharfs.
- what color is your BugattiAn expression intended to flaunt one’s own material possessions and simultaneously deride another person for...
- what does it all mean, BasilUsed (often sarcastically) to express confusion in relation to a seemingly absurd or complicated situation...
- what is this I don't evenUsed to indicate that something has left one in a state of disbelief or confusion.
- what it isA casual greeting.
- what the butler sawA story or film of titillating activity observed by voyeurism.
- what you sayingWhat's up, what's happening (a greeting).
- what's brackingWhat's going on? What's up?
- what's crackingWhat’s going on with you? (as a greeting).
- what's goodWhat's up? a casual greeting.
- what's in the bagWhat's going on? How are you doing? What's new with you?
- what's poppingWhat’s going on with you?
- what's shakingWhat's happening?; what's up?
- what's the dealWhat happened, is happening, or is going to happen? Why did something happen or is someone acting a certain...
- what's the hapsWhat's happening?; what's up? (a greeting).
- what's the scamWhat's going on? What are you trying to pull? (Said when one is suspicious of someone else).
- whatchamahoozieWhatchamacallit.
- whateverA thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
- whateversSynonym of whatever.
- whatevsWhatever.
- WhatsApperA user of the WhatsApp instant messaging service.
- whatsayWhat did you say?
- WhedoniteA fan of screenwriter and director Joss Whedon and his work, which includes the television series Buffy the...
- WhedonverseThe loosely-defined fictional universe encompassing the worlds forming the setting for the television and...
- wheelA person with a great deal of power or influence; a big wheel.
- wheel warA conflict in which users of a given computer system or (later) wiki who have administrative privileges try...
- wheelsWell-developed thigh muscles.
- wheels of steelA disc jockey or record scratcher's turntables.
- wheezeTo convulse with laughter; to become breathless due to intense laughing.
- whelk stallA small enterprise which is very simple to run.
- whelpdayThe birthday of a canid, especially a dog, or (furry fandom) a furry's canid fursona, typically a dog or a...
- whenUsed after a noun or noun phrase in isolation to express impatience with an anticipated future event.
- when Adam was an oakum boyAn extremely long time ago; long before living memory.
- when Hell freezes overNever; not in this lifetime or a time in the unforeseeably distant future; not a chance.
- whenweA former British settler or expatriate who talks nostalgically about his or her former home in colonial...
- where you atWhere are you? Used as an inquiry of location, especially figuratively.
- whevsWhatever (expression used to dismiss something).
- whiddleTo inform on someone.
- whiffTo fail spectacularly.
- whimsigothAn aesthetic incorporating historical (particularly medieval), neo-Gothic, and mystical elements, influenced...
- whimsigothicRelating to or involving the whimsigoth aesthetic.
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Slang meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word (English slang). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the words, left out vulgar and offensive ones, and linked each to its full entry. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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