waffle: (verb) to write or talk a lot without giving
any useful information or clear answers. I don't think there's any point in waiting for the Senator to stop waffling.
Let's go out for waffles.
waft: (verb) to drift, to float, to be carried on the gentle breeze. The smell of the
brownies was wafting through the house. wag: (noun) a joker. Tell that wag to go away.
I'm not in a waggish mood today.
waggish: (adj.) playful; roguish; impish; mischievous. You
don't understand, Clement. You're only being waggish if others are enjoying your shenanigans, too. Otherwise you're
just being an asshole.
waggle: (verb) to wiggle; to jiggle; to shake. Don't waggle
the Jello!
wan: (adj.) (pronounced: whan) pale or weak, usually
in reference to light or one's complexion. The wan light came through yon window.
wanker: (noun) an insult, meaning somebody who masturbates.
They're politicians. What do you expect from a bunch of wankers?
wastrel: (noun) spendthrift; squanderer; compulsive shopper.
The governor’s wife claimed that shopping was her hobby, but all of the poor people in the state couldn’t understand
how consumption could be a hobby, so they just called her a wastrel instead.
weir: (noun) a low dam built across a river. Where is
the dam weir?
well-nigh: (adv.) almost; nearly; just about. Well, young
lady, I think it's well-nigh you told that young man goodnight, bein's we've already had our breakfast.
wheedle: (verb) coax, cajole, inveigle. The used car salesman
tried to wheedle us into buying the used school bus as the ultimate mini-van.
whelm: (verb) to overcome completely; originally it meant
with water, but it can be by anything. Seriously, whelm means the exact same thing as overwhelm. So, in our bid
to get rid of completely and otherwise eliminate redundancy, we here at HGP urge everybody to start using whelm when they
would otherwise use overwhelmed. He was whelmed when he learned that he no longer had to say “overwhelmed.”
wherewithal: (noun) the necessary means, especially financial. Even if you had the wherewithal
to take me to Kansas, I still wouldn’t go with you. Hawaii, on the other hand, would be something completely different.
whiffle: (verb) to make a sound, like that of a gentle wind or
breathing. He could hear the whiffle of the whiffle ball as it whiffled past his hear.
whip: (adj.) bad-ass (especially with cars – from the
act of whipping a horse to make it go faster). Dude, your Spitfire is whip!
whippersnapper: (noun) a young or inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident.
All them young whippersnappers! If I want to be redundant, by gum, I’ll be redundant!
whopperjawed: (adj.) anything crooked, out of align, or just plain messed up. After he ran into
the cow with his pickup truck, the whole front end was all whopperjawed. wight: (noun) (pronounced: wit) a ghost or other
supernatural being. The wight scared us out of our wits.
wilbury: (noun) a collective name for musicians' studio
equipment, such as an equalizer, or, quite possibly, a name that is completely made up by a band of the same name. Dude,
we need to get those wilburys back on the truck so we can get to traveling.
winnow: (verb) to separate the chaff from the grain; to eliminate
the unnecessary parts. We winnowed down our possessions before we moved. winsome: (adj.) attractive or appealing in character. She
was a winsome lass, alas.
withe: (noun) a slender branch or twig. With this withe
I shall teach you a lesson, and that is big people can make little people do as they wish.
woebegone: (adj.) miserable; anguished; wretched. The fans
were all woebegone when their team failed to make the preseason.
wonk: (noun) often used derogatorily, a person who takes a
particularly specialized interest in the minute details of a field of study, especially with politics. You want to know
about the influence of Russian immigrants on the passage of the infrastructure bill? Then just ask Bill, he's our resident
wonk.
wonky: (adj.) askew; off-centered; cockeyed. Willie’s wallaby was a bit wonky.
wont: (verb) accustomed to. She was wont not to use
apostrophes, making those around her think she was an idiot. woose: (noun) wimp; pussy. Beware the cuckold woose, for he hath nothing to lose.
wroth: (adj.) angry; pissed. He was wroth when he discovered
what hat been wrought.
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