Washington Demands Cash (Washington, D.C. nickname)
The United States capital of Washington, District of Columbia ("D.C."), has been nicknamed "Washington Demands Cash" since at least 1958. The joke, however, has only rarely been…
Washington Monument Syndrome (Washington Monument Strategy)
The "Washington Monument syndrome" (or "Washinton Monument strategy") is when an agency, faced with budget cuts, decides to cut its most popular programs, making the cuts very…
Waste, Fraud and Abuse (“big three”)
Meg Greenfield (1930-1999), a columnist for Newsweek and the Washington (DC) Post, called waste, fraud and abuse "the dread big three" in a July 1993 column. A March 1982 story by the…
Wasted Wednesday
"Wasted Wednesday" is a drinking slang name for a day of the week. "Well Wasted Wednesday" was cited in print in 1991; "Wasted Wednesdays" was cited in 2003. Other…
Wasteway (Westway nickname)
"Westway" was the name of the proposed super-highway project to bury the West Side Highway below 40th Street. The highway was planned in 1969, was long fought-against on environmental…
Water Crouton (ice cube)
Ice cubes have sometimes been jocularly called "water croutons." "If you think about it, ice cubes are pretty much just water croutons for your drink. #amirite?" was posted on…
Water Sommelier (Water Steward)
A "sommelier" (or "wine steward") is a trained wine professional; at a fine restaurant, the sommelier can offer help in wine and food pairings. A "water sommelier" (or…
Watergate Cake
Entry in progress -- B.P. Watergate Salad is another food named after the Watergate scandal. Wikipedia: Watergate scandalThe Watergate scandal was a major American political scandal that lasted…
Watergate Salad
Entry in progress -- B.P. Watergate Cake is another food named after the Watergate scandal. Wikipedia: Watergate scandalThe Watergate scandal was a major American political scandal that lasted from…
Watermelon (green on the outside, red on the inside)
Environmentalists are sometimes called by the slang name "watermelon" for being green on the outside and red (communist or anti-capitalist) on the inside. The term "watermelon"…
Wave Election (Tidal Wave Election)
A "tidal wave election" in the United States is when one political party wins a large amount of seats. The first "tidal wave election" was in 1874 and favored the Democrats. The…
Waxinate or Waxxinate or Waxxxinate (variant spelling of “vaccinate”)
"Waxinate" or "waxxinate" or waxxinate" are variant spellings of "vaccinate," sometimes for jocular effect and sometimes to get around computer algorithms. The…
Waxination or Waxxination (variant spelling of “vaccination”)
"Waxination" or "waxxination" are variant spellings of "vaccinate," sometimes for jocular effect and sometimes to get around computer algorithms. The spellings became…
Waxxinate or Waxinate or Waxxxinate (variant spelling of “vaccinate”)
"Waxinate" or "waxxinate" or waxxxinate" are variant spellings of "vaccinate," sometimes for jocular effect and sometimes to get around computer algorithms. The…
Waxxination or Waxination (variant spelling of “vaccination”)
"Waxination" or "waxxination" are variant spellings of "vaccinate," sometimes for jocular effect and sometimes to get around computer algorithms. The spellings became…
Waxxine (wack + vaccine)
The 2019-20 COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in much talk about a vaccine. Some people mocked "virus" as "wirus," and "vaccine" as "waccine" or…
Waxxxinate or Waxinate or Waxxinate (variant spelling of “vaccinate”)
"Waxinate" or "waxxinate" or waxxxinate" are variant spellings of "vaccinate," sometimes for jocular effect and sometimes to get around computer algorithms. The…
Wazzitoyuh (“What’s it to you?”)
The Work Progress Administration's 1938 Almanac for New Yorkers contained a page about New York City speech: "Wazzitooyuh? Delicate rebuff to an excessively curious questioner." The…
We Be Toys (Toys “R” Us nickname)
This joke about the black English dialect (African American Vernacular English) appeared by at least 1986: Heard about the new toy store in Harlem? It's called "We Be Toys." There is…
We Hide Outbreaks (World Health Organization or WHO nickname)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations concerned with public health. Some critics during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic claimed that WHO was not…