wakey

Noun

wakey (plural not attested)

1. (no plural, slang) The day on which one wakes up and travels home.
   • 'You beauty, only 364 and a wakey to go,' the countdown had begun and would continue, as few days passed without someone calling the time. I spared a thought for our temporary enemy whose tour would endure to the end of the war[…]2003, Gary Blinco, Down a Country Lane
   • Morale was also usually high, helped by the men's recognition that their service in Vietnam had strict limits – one year, or, to use a soldiers' expression of the time, 364 days and a 'wakey' (the day the men woke to prepare to fly out).2010, Ian McGibbon, New Zealand's Vietnam War, page 542

Interjection

1. (childish, colloquial) Used to encourage someone to wake up.
   • “Wakey Brother Monster,” he said to Rose as he spread his replacement piece of toast.2016, W S Markendale, Owen Pendragon: Guild of the Round Table
   • 'Come on now, wakey!' called Diane, who was already up and dashing round the room.2021, Margaret Thornton, Cast the First Stone

   Synonyms:

   wakey wakey

Proper noun capitalized: Wakey

Yorkshire/ˈweːkɪ/

Wakey

1. (abbreviation, clipping, slang) Clipping of Wakefield: an industrial city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England; traditionally a centre for the cloth and coal industries.
   • Barnsley General? Or are you in that posh private one in Wakey?2008, Milly Johnson, The Yorkshire Pudding Club
   • Eddie: Alright well I'll steer right clear away from Wakey [Wakefield in West Yorkshire] County Council death squad then.2014, Nicholas Rombes, 10/40/70: Constraint as Liberation in the Era of Digital Film Theory