this incident. Open up about it. The
mayor’s office tried to whitewash the whole
affair. 2. n. an act or campaign of cover-
ing up something bad. They tried to
give the scandal the old whitewash, but it
didn’t work. It was a good whitewash,
but nobody believed it for a minute.whittledmod. alcohol intoxicated; filled
with liquor. (See also cut.) Fred’s whit-
tled and can’t hardly see. Why does he
keep getting so whittled?
whiz 1. n. a talented or skilled person.
She’s a real whiz with stats. I’m no math
whiz, but I can find your errors. 2. in. to
urinate. (Usually objectionable.) I
gotta stop here and whiz. You can’t whiz
in the park!
whiz kidn. a young whiz. The boss’s new
whiz kid doesn’t seem to be doing the job
very well. We need a whiz kid to get
things brought up to date around here.
Whoa![wo] exclam. Stop! (Said to a horse
or any person or thing.) Yo u’ v e g o n e
about far enough. Whoa! Whoa, you’ve
gone about far enough.
whodunit[hu”d@nIt] n. a detective story.
(See also thriller-diller.) I love to read
a good whodunit every now and then.
I go through about three whodunits a
week.
Who (in) the devil?Go to Who (in) the
hell?
Who (in) the hell? and Who (in) the
devil?interrog. Who? (An elaboration of
who. See examples for variations.) Who
in the hell was that masked man? Who
the hell are you?
whole bag of tricksn. everything; every
possibility. Well now. I’ve used my
whole bag of tricks, and we still haven’t
solved this. It may take my whole bag
of tricks to do it, but I’ll try.
thewhole ball of waxn. everything; the
whole thing. Well, that just about ru-
ins the whole ball of wax. Your com-
ments threatened the whole ball of wax,
that’s what.
awhole bunch and whole bunchesmod.
a whole lot; very much. (Always with ain
the singular.) I like to spend evenings at
home a whole bunch. I like pizza whole
bunches.
thewhole enchilada[...EntS@”lad@] n. the
whole thing; everything. (From Spanish.)
Nobody, but nobody, ever gets the
whole enchilada. Pete wants the whole
enchilada.thewhole fam damily[...”fAm “dAmli] n.
the entire family. (A deliberate spooner-
ism for whole damn family.) The whole
fam damily has had this virus. Yuck!
There’s enough here for the whole fam
damily.
awhole new ball gamen. a completely
different situation; something completely
different. Now that you’re here, it’s a
whole new ball game. With a faster
computer, it’s a whole new ball game.
thewhole nine yardsn. the entire amount;
everything. (Origin unknown. Possibly
referring to the standard size of a cement
mixing truck, 9 cubic yards.) For you
I’ll go the whole nine yards. Yo u’r e w o r t h
the whole nine yards.thewhole schmear[...SmIr] n. the entire
amount; the entire affair. (Based on Yid-
dish.) You just wrecked the whole
schmear, that’s what. I’ll take a ham-
burger with everything on it—the whole
schmear.
the whole shebang and the whole
shooting match[...S@”bAN] n. the whole
affair; everything and everyone. (Folksy.)
The whole shebang is just about washed
up. I’m fed up with the whole shooting
match.thewhole shooting matchGo to whole
shebang.
thewhole wide worldn. everywhere;
everywhere and everything. It’s the best
in the whole wide world. I’ve searched
the whole wide world for just the right hat.
whompGo to whump.whooshedmod. alcohol intoxicated.
Jerry was totally whooshed by midnight.
Hank was whooshed but thought he could
drive home.whooshed