whoozis and whoozit[“huzIs and “huzIt]
n. <a name for a person whose real name
is forgotten or being avoided.> I met
whoozis—you know, with the big what-
sis—today. Is whoozit coming to my
birthday party?
whoozitGo to whoozis.
whopper 1. n. something that is of rela-
tively great size. That thing’s really a
whopper! It was a whopper of an argu-
ment. 2. n. a very big lie. That one’s a
whopper. I don’t believe a word of it. She
sure told a whopper, didn’t she?
whopping (great) mod. enormous.
Somebody showed up with a whopping
great basin of chunks of pickled fish.
Yummy! What a whopping fool he is!
who shot Johnn. moonshine; illicit whis-
key. (Prohibition.) You know where I
can get a little of that who shot John?
He’s had too much of that who shot John.
Who’s your daddy?interrog.Who is your
boss? It’s me, isn’t it? (A reminder of
who’s the boss.) Don’t waver. Do it!
Who’s your daddy? Hey, bro! Who’s your
daddy?
Who the deuce?interrog. Who? (An elab-
oration ofwho. The deuce is the devil.)
Who the deuce do you think you are?
Who the deuce is making all that noise?
Who the devil?Go to Who (in) the hell?
Who the hell?Go to Who (in) the hell?
Whuhap?interrog.Hello.; What’s new?
(Streets. A greeting inquiry.) Whuhap?
What’s coming down? Whuhap?
Where’s the action?
whump and whomp; womp[W@mp and
Wamp, wamp] 1. tv. to beat or outscore
someone. They set out to whump us,
and they sure did. The Redskins
womped the Walleyes. 2. n. the sound
made when two flat surfaces fall together.
I heard the whump when the shed col-
lapsed. The whomp woke everyone up.
wickedmod. excellent; impressive; cool.
(Also in compounds, wicked smart,
wicked cool, etc.) Now this is what I call
a wicked guitar.
wickymod. wicked; excellent. Whose
wicky red convertible is parked in front of
the house?
widemod. drug intoxicated. Who is that
wide dude? How’d you get so wide,
man?
wide open 1. mod. as fast as possible; at
full throttle. I was driving along wide
open when I became aware of a f lashing
red light. It was wide open and still
wouldn’t do better than eighty. 2. mod.
vice-ridden. This town is wide open!
Because the prison is understaffed, it is
wide open.
wide place in the roadn. a very small
town. The town is little more than a
wide place in the road. We stopped at a
wide place in the road called Adamsville.
widget[“wIdZIt] 1. n. a gadget. Now, try
to fit this widget into this slot here.
What is the real name of this widget? 2.
n. a hypothetical product made by a hy-
pothetical company. Someone said that
your company is manufacturing widgets.
No, we stopped making widgets last
year. Too much foreign competition.
widow-makern. a dangerous horse; any-
thing dangerous: a gun, strong alcohol,
etc. I call this stuff widow-maker. It’s
really strong. That horse is a widow-
maker. I won’t ride it.
wiener nose[“win#...] n. a simpleton.
(Also a derogatory term of address.)
Look, wiener nose, mind your own busi-
ness. Todd, you are such a wiener nose!
wifen. a girlfriend. (Collegiate.) Me and
my wife are going to Fred’s this Friday.
Ask your wife if she wants to come along.
wiff-snifferGo to whiff-sniffer.
wigged (out) and wiggy 1. mod. alcohol
or drug intoxicated. How did you get so
wigged out? The kid got a little wigged
and slipped under the table. 2. mod. hav-
ing lost control of oneself; having flipped
one’s wig. The kid is just too wigged to
do anything these days. After the bad
news, she was totally wigged out.
wiggle out of somethingin. to success-
fully avoid doing something. We w i g -whoozis