well-oiled. I thought she’d never stop talk-
ing. Get him well-oiled, and you’ll find
out about everything.(Well,) pardon me for living! and Excuse
me for breathing!; Excuse me for liv-
ing!tv. I am SOOO sorry! (A very sar-
castic response to a rebuke, seeming to
regret the apparent offense of even liv-
ing.) A: You are blocking my view.
Please move. B: Well, pardon me for living!
(well-)upholsteredmod. chubby; plump.
Fortunately, he was upholstered enough
that the fall didn’t really hurt. My well-
upholstered brother has to go on a diet.
wenchy and whenchy [“wEntSi and
“WEntSi] mod. bitchy; snotty. (Collegiate.)
I really wish you wouldn’t be so wenchy
with me! What’s the matter with that
wenchy chick? Then she began to get
whenchy, so I left.
Were you born in a barn?interrog.
Weren’t you trained to close the door by
yourself? Close the door! Were you born
in a barn? You sure are careless with that
door. Were you born in a barn?
wet 1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. The jerk
is wet and can’t drive home. He’s been
drinking since noon and is pretty wet. 2.
mod. having to do with an area where is
it legal to sell alcohol. (Compare this
with dry.) Kansas became wet just a few
years ago. Is it wet or dry in this county?
- mod. feeble; in the manner of a nerd.
Tom is totally wet. What a jerk.
Wayne is wet and so’s his buddy.
wet blanketn. someone who ruins a good
time. (In the way that a wet blanket is
used to put out a fire.) Oh, Martin!
Why do you have to be such a wet blanket?
Don’t be a wet blanket! Have some fun!
wet noodlen. a dupe; a wimp. Don’t
be such a wet noodle. Don’t let them
push you around. Martin is such a wet
noodle.
wet onen. a cold beer. How about a wet
one, Fred? I could sure use a wet one
about now.
wet ragGo to wet sock.
wet sock and wet ragn. a wimp;a use-
less jerk. (See also rubber sock.) Don’t
be such a wet sock! Stand up for your
rights! Well, in a tight situation, Mar-
tin is sort of a wet rag.wetware[“wEtwEr] n. the human brain.
(Compared to computer hardwareand
software.) This isn’t a hardware prob-
lem; it’s a wetware problem. You need to
update your wetware.whack and wack 1. tv. to strike someone
or something. Jed whacked the kid up-
side the head. Larry reached down and
wacked the dog across the snout. 2. n. a
blow or hit (at someone or something).
She tried to take a whack at me! She
landed a nasty wack on his thigh. 3. n. a
drink of liquor. Take a whack of this
stuff. Hey, give me another wack of that.
It helps. 4. Go to w(h)acked.w(h)acked and w(h)ackmod. wild; silly.
Bill was wacked as always and embar-
rassed us all. He is so wack!w(h)acked (out)mod. alcohol or drug in-
toxicated. Gee, is he ever whacked!
Dave was so whacked out he couldn’t
stand up.whack offGo to beat off.w(h)ack someone or something upin. to
damage someone or something. Bob
got mad at Greg and whacked him up.w(h)ack someone (out)tv. to kill some-
body. (Underworld.) Willie made an-
other try at whacking Albert out last eve-
ning. THe really wants to whack out Mr.
Big.w(h)ack something (out)tv. to rob a
place; to swindle a business establish-
ment. (Underworld.) Did your guys
wack the church collection box?whale 1. n. a very fat person. (Cruel.)
Tracy is getting to be such a whale. We ll ,
Gert’s the whale if you ask me. 2. n. a
drunkard; a person with an enormous
capacity for liquor. Arthur is getting to
be a regular whale. What does he drink?
A pair of whales was in the corner booth
tanking up.whale