What(’s) up, G?interrog. Hello, what is up,
guy? What up, G? How ya living?
What’s up, G? Anything new?
What’s with someone or something?in-
terrog. What is wrong with someone or
something? Hey, chum! What’s with
you? What’s with this can opener? It
won’t turn.
What’s your age?interrog. Hello, how are
you? What’s your age? Tsup? Yo, Sam!
What’s your age?
What’s your damage?interrog. What’s
your problem? (Like a damage report.)
You look beat, man. What’s your damage?
What’s yours?interrog. What (or which)
do you want? (Typically said on offering
drinks. See also What’ll it be?) “What’s
yours?” said the bartender. The nice
young man behind the counter looked to
the right and left at all 140 f lavors and
said, “What’s yours?”
What the deuce?interrog. What has hap-
pened?; What? (Deuce is an old word for
devil.) What the deuce! Who are you?
What the deuce! Who did this?
What the devil?Go to What (in) the
devil?
What the fucking hell!Go to What (in)
the fucking hell!
What the heck!exclam. It doesn’t matter!
(Often with the force of an exclamation.)
Oh, what the heck! Come on in. It
doesn’t matter. Oh, what the heck! I’ll
have another beer. Nobody’s counting.
What the hell?Go to What (in) the hell?
What you see is what you get. 1. sent.
The product you are looking at is exactly
what you get if you buy it. It comes just
like this. What you see is what you get.
What you see is what you get. The ones in
the box are just like this one. 2. and
WYSIWYG[“wIsiwIg] phr. What you see
on the screen is what will print on the
printer. (Computers. Acronym.) This
program gives you that “what you see is
what you get” feature that everyone wants.
I need something that’s WYSIWYG. I
have no imagination.
whatzitGo to whatsis.
whazood and waa-zooed[“Wa”zud and
“wa”zud] mod. alcohol intoxicated.
Man, is she whazood! Pete was too waa-
zooed to stand up.
whazzitGo to whatsis.wheeltv. & in. to drive a car. I’m gonna
wheel over later this afternoon. Let’s
wheel my heap over to Marty’s place.
wheel and dealin. to negotiate, cajole,
and connive—aggressively. (See also
wheeler-dealer.) If you can’t wheel and
deal, you can’t run for elective office.
Any crook can wheel and deal!
wheeler-dealern. someone who bargains
aggressively. (See also wheel and deal.)
She has turned into a real wheeler-
dealer. Who’s the wheeler-dealer who set
up this deal?wheel mann. the (male) driver of a crim-
inal escape car. (Underworld.) Lefty
was the wheel man for the bank job. We
need a new wheel man while Lefty’s away.
wheelsn. a car; transportation by auto-
mobile. I gotta get some wheels pretty
soon. I’ll need a ride. I don’t have any
wheels.
wheely and wheelien. an act of rearing
up on a bike or motorcycle, balancing on
the rear wheel. Can you do wheelies?
The kid did a wheelie and scared his
mother to death.whenchyGo to wenchy.
when push comes to shove and if push
comes to shovephr. when things get a
little pressed; when the situation gets
more active or intense. When push
comes to shove, you know I’ll be on your
side. If push comes to shove, the front
office can help with some statistics.
when the eagle flies and day the eagle
fliesin. payday. (The eagleis the one
found on U.S. currency.) I’ll pay you
back when the eagle f lies. I’ll find you
the day the eagle f lies.when the fat lady singsGo to till the fat
lady sings.What(’s) up, G?