A dictionary of slang - "W" - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK.

wabs	Noun. Female breasts.
wack	Noun. 1. A term of address. Cf. 'la'. [Liverpool use] 2. Bad, wrong, worthless. [Orig. Black U.S.]
wacko	Adj. Crazy, insane. [Orig. U.S.]
wack off	Verb. To masturbate. Also whack off. E.g."I wacked off with all my dad's stash of porn laid out in front of me."
wacky	Adj. Crazy, zany.
wacky backy	Noun. A euphemism for marijuana or cannabis. The term is jocular and often used by older generations as an attempt to tune in and be accepted by a younger generation. See 'backy'.
wad	Noun. 1. A large amount of money. 2. Semen. Cf. 'shoot one's wad'.
wadded (up)	Adj. Having large amounts of money, wealthy. E.g."Tonight the drinks are on me, I'm wadded up and I'm feeling generous."
waffle	Verb. To talk aimlessly. {Informal} Noun. Aimless talk, nonsense. {Informal}
wafty crank	Noun. An act of masturbation, perhaps implying one done at a particularly opportunist moment. A spoonerism on crafty wank. See 'wank'. E.g."I know she was sexy, but having a wafty crank under the table is disgusting."
wag it/off	Verb. To play truant. Mainly adolescent use. E.g."Harry got caught by the head teacher wagging off from Maths."
wagwan !	Exclam. A form of greeting. A contraction of What go on? (What is happening?) Also war gwan, wa'gwan, wha'gwan. [WI/Black use]
wallies	Noun. False teeth. [Scottish use]
walking disaster	Noun. A person who is prone to having accidents or mishaps. Occasionally extended to walking disaster area.
wally	Noun. 1. An idiot or imbecile. Prolific use during the early 1980s. {Informal} 2. A pickled cucumber, a gherkin.
wannabe	Noun. A person who aspires to be someone else, usually a celebrity and consequently imitates their life or image.
wang	Verb. To throw.
wanger	Noun. 1. A penis. Also spelt whanger. 2. An idiot.
wangle	Verb. To obtain by scheming. E.g."I even wangled myself a backstage pass and met Kylie after the show."
wank	Verb. To masturbate. Also phrased as wank off. E.g."If our young men devoted as much time to their school work as they did to wanking then we'd have a nation of geniuses." Noun. 1. An act of masturbation. E.g."You can guarantee that if he sees a pair of naked breasts he'll go and have a wank straight away." 2. Something useless, or worthless. E.g."I wish I hadn't brought that new CD, it's wank." 3. Nonsense. Exclam. Exclamation of annoyance or expressing disbelief.
wank bank	Noun. Memory, with respect to sexually stimulating thoughts and recalled when masturbating. E.g."Did you see that girl dancing on the podium? I've put her in my wank bank."
wank biscuit	Noun. A contemptible or objectionable person.
wanker	Noun. 1. A masturbator. 2. A contemptible person. 3. An idiot, an incompetent person.
wankered	Adj. Very intoxicated.
wankiest	Adj. Of the poorest quality, of the lowest standard, the worst. E.g."It was wankiest film I've seen all year and to think I wasted £5 on a ticket and 3 hours of my life."
wanking	Noun. Masturbation.
wanking chariot	Noun. A bed. [Orig. Military use]
wank mag	Noun. A pornographic magazine.
wank pit	Noun. A bed. [Mainly Military use]
wank rag	Noun. 1. A cloth item, such as a handerkerchief, that is used to mop up ejaculate after masturbation. 2. A contemptible, low quality newspaper or magazine.
wankshaft	Noun. A contemptible person.
wank spanners	Noun. The hands. From being tools used for masturbation.
wanksplat	Noun. A contemptible person or thing.
wankstain	Noun. 1. A semen stain, as result of masturbation. 2. A contemptible person.
wanky	Adj. Rubbish, of very poor quality.
wap	Noun. 1. A wasp. Also wappy. 2. A woman's breast. Usually in plural.
war paint	Noun. Facial cosmetics, make-up. E.g."She's in the bathroom putting on her war paint for tonight's party."
wassock	Noun. An idiot, imbecile. Also 'wazzock'.
wass-up	Exclam. A form of greeting. [Orig. US]
waste	Verb. To kill, to thoroughly beat up. E.g."My mum will waste me for failing my exams for a third time."
wasted	Adj. Describing being thoroughly intoxicated to a point of uselessness.
waste of space	Noun. A useless and contemptible person. E.g."That lazy brother of yours is a total waste of space; can't he go out and get a job."
waste of sperm	Noun. A useless and contemptible person.
watersports	Noun. The act of urinating on another for the sexual pleasure of both parties involved.
waterworks	Noun. 1. The act of crying. E.g."As expected my mum turned on the old waterworks when she heard the bad news." {Informal} 2. The urinary system. {Informal}
way-out	Adj. Unusual, unconventional, avant garde.
waxa	Adj. Good, excellent. Adolescent usage, mainly. [Tyneside use]
wazoo	Noun. The bottom, the anus, the rear end. Also, occasionally spelt wazzoo. [Orig. U.S.]
wazz	Verb. 1. To urinate. Possibly onomatopoeic in origin. 2. To hurry. E.g."Will you wazz round to the chippy and get your dad's tea." 3. To pass or throw. E.g."Wazz that book over here will you?" Noun. An act of urination.
wazzock	Noun. An idiot, imbecile. Also 'wassock'.
wazzocked	Adj. Totally intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
wean	Noun. A child or baby. From wee ane (wee one). Cf. 'wee un'. [Irish/Scottish use]
wear the trousers	Vrb phrs. To be the dominant and controlling partner in a relationship, usually said of a woman.
weasel	Noun. A despicable, usually sly and deceitful person.
weasel (and stoat)	Noun. Coat, or jacket. Cockney rhyming slang.
weasel-water	Noun. A drink that is weak and insipid, often used with reference to tea.
wedding tackle	Noun. A euphemism fo the male genitals.
wedge	Noun. Money, usually implying a large amount.
wedgie	Noun. An adolescents prank whereby a victim's underwear is pulled vigorously upwards between their buttocks, thus causing great discomfort to the wearer, but much hilarity for the prankster.
wee	Verb. To urinate. Generally inoffensive and mainly regarded as a children's expression. Also phrased as wee-wee. Adj. Small, tiny. [Mainly Scottish use] {Informal}
wee buns	Adj. Easy, simple. Also weebuns. [N. Ireland use]
weed	Noun. 1. Marijuana, but now applied to cannabis also. In the North-west of England weed is not always used in the plural, for example in the question "have you got a weed?" 2. A cigarette. [Manchester use?] 3. A feeble person, a weakling.
weepy	Noun. A film that is sentimental and emotional.
wee 'un	Noun. A child or baby. Cf. 'wean'. [Scottish/Irish use]
Wegie /Weegie	Noun. A Glaswegian, a person from Glasgow. [Scottish use, mainly Edinburgh.]
weigh into	Verb. 1. To tackle something forcefully and enthusiastically. {Informal} 2. To attack verbally or physically.
weirdo /weirdy	Noun. A person perceived as objectionably unusual, an eccentric. Derog. {Informal}
well	Adv. A general intensifier, very, extremely, definitely. E.g."I'm well upset about United losing in the cup."
well gone	Adj. Very intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
well hung	Adj. Having a large penis.
wellied	Adj. Drunk, intoxicated.
welly	Verb. To kick forcefully. Noun. 1. A hard kick. 2. Acceleration. E.g."Quick! Turn left here and give it some welly." 3. A wellington boot. Also spelt wellie. {Informal}
wellybobs	Noun. Wellington boots. Cf. 'welly-gogs'.
welly-gogs	Noun. Wellington boots. Cf. 'wellybobs'. [North/Midlands use]
welly-top	Noun. Descriptive of a large vagina. Supposedly having the roominess and appearance of the top of a wellington boot. E.g."Thomas was horrified to hear she had a vagina like a welly-top."
wet	Adj. Feeble, emotional, effeminate. Derog. {Informal}
wet blanket	Noun. A miserable person unwilling to participate in an enjoyable event or moment. Derog.
wet lettuce	Noun. An emotionally weak person. Derog.
wet nellie	Noun. A feebleminded person. Derog.
wet oneself	Verb. To laugh heartily, to find something particularly amuzing. A shortening of wet oneself laughing. E.g."I wet myself when I saw how ridiculous she looked in that hat." Cf. 'piss oneself laughing'.
wet the baby's head	Vrb phrs. To celebrate the birth of a baby with a drink of alcohol or more usually an excuse for a drinking spree. E.g."Congratulations Bill! How about we go out tonight to wet the baby's head?"
whack	Verb. 1. To promptly insert or place (something). E.g."Whack the contract in an envelope and send it off first post." 2. Hit or strike. {Informal} Noun. 1. A hard blow. {Informal} 2. When in the expressions 'full whack' or 'top whack', meaning maximum price or rate. {Informal}
whacked	Adj. Tired, worn out. {Informal}
whacking	Adj. An intensifier such as 'steaming' or 'mad'. E.g."It was a whacking great spot the size of Mount Vesuvius."
whack off	Verb. To masturbate. Also 'wack off'. E.g."It's a myth that whacking off too much makes you go blind."
wha'gwan	See 'wagwan!'
whatchamacallit	Noun. Something whose name escapes one.
what-for	Pron. See 'give someone what for'.
what's cooking?	Phrs. What's happening? Also used as a form of greeting.
what's he /she like?	Phrs. A rhetorical question in response to unusual or extreme behaviour.
what's-his-face	Noun. A reference to anyone whose name one has forgotten.
what's the crack?	Phrs. What's happening? What's the news? See 'crack' (noun 4).
what's the damage?	Phrs. What's the cost?
what's the score?	Phrs. What's happening?
what's the skinny?	Phrs. What's the news, what's the information. See 'skinny'.
what's the SP?	Phrs. What's the situation? From the horse racing and betting term, SP being an abbreviation of starting price.
What the dickens!	Exclam. An exclamation of surprise or annoyance. {Informal}.
wheels	Noun. A motor vehicle or bicycle.
wheels of steel	Noun. A DJ's record decks. [1990s.]
when the shit hits the fan	Phrs. When the truth is discovered the consequences will be felt. E.g."You're in big trouble when the shit hits the fan."
whiffy	Adj. Smelling unpleasant. {Informal}
whinge	Verb. To persistently complain, in an irritating manner. {Informal} Noun. To act in the manner of the verb. {Informal}.
whinger	Noun. A person who complains incessently. See 'whinge'. {Informal}
whingey	Adj. In the manner of a 'whinger', see above. {Informal}
whip	Verb. To steal. E.g."I had my wallet whipped last night."
whipping	Noun. A thorough beating or defeat.
whip-round	Noun. Contributions collected from a group of people for a specific purpose. E.g."Let's have a whip-round for Cath and Rob, so at least they can have a good honeymoon." {Informal}
whirlies	Noun. Dizziness induced by excessive intoxication, usually alcoholic.
whistle (and flute)	Noun. A suit. Cockney rhyming slang.
white van man	Noun. An ill-mannered and aggressive driver of commercial delivery vehicles, such as white transits. [Mid 1990s]
whitey	Noun. A short period of feeling sick, or queasy; often a reaction to excessive consumption of alcohol or drugs. From the pallid skin of someone feeling sick. Cf. 'throw a whitey'. E.g."John's just had a whitey and had to go home early."
whizz	Noun. 1. Amphetamine sulphate. Possibly derived from Billy Whizz, see 'billy'. [1960-70s] 2. An act of urination. E.g."So where are the toilets? I need to take a whizz before we leave."
(the) whole hog	Noun. The complete amount. {Informal}
(the) whole kit and caboodle	Noun. The complete amount.
whole nine yards	Phrs. The complete amount, all of it, totally. Much speculation as to its origins but essentially unknown. [Orig. U.S.]
whoop-di-do!	Exclam. An expression of joy, however is often used sarcastically. [Orig. U.S.]
whoopsie	Noun. Excrement, a deposit of faeces. A generally puerile expression.
whopper	Noun. 1. Something very large. E.g."He had a whopper of a spot on his nose." 2. A lie. Derived from the use of the adjective form in the phrase a whopping lie.
whopping	Adj. Very large. Adv. An intensifier. E.g."She had a whopping great glob of cream, then proceeded to moan about being fat."
why aye!	Exclam. Of course! Yes! [North-east use]
wicked	Adj. 1. Fantastic, excellent. [Orig. U.S.] 2. Very, really. E.g."I got wicked drunk last night."
widdle	Verb. To urinate. Possibly a combination of the words 'wee' and 'piddle'. Cf. 'riddle' and 'piddle'. Noun. 1. Urine. Less coarse and offensive than 'piss.' 2. An act of urination.
wide	Adj. Self-assured, clever, sharp.
wide-boy	Noun. A male characterized by his cocky charm, petty illicit dealings, and perceived stylish dress sense. Usually having a working class upbringing the wide-boy has replaced the now generally obsolete 'spiv'. Also wideboy. Cf 'spiv'.
wide-o	Noun. An insensitive and objectionable person. [Scottish use]
wide-on	Noun. The female equivalent of an erection of the penis. Cf. 'hard on'.
widgy	Noun. Affectionate term for the penis.
wife-beater	Noun. Stella Artois lager.
wigga	Noun. A white person who so admires Black culture, lifestyle and fashions, that they adopt aspects of it for themselves. Also wigger. [Orig. U.S.]
wigs on the green	Noun. A fight, brawl. Dated. E.g."There'll be wigs on the green when your father hears about your truancy." [Irish use/1700s]
wildies	Noun. Diarrhoea, a bout of diarrhoea. [Merseyside use]
William (Pitt)	Noun. 1. An act of defecation. 2. Excrement. * Both uses are from rhyming slang for 'shit'. William Pitt (1759-1806), the youngest Prime Minister of England on record.
willies	Noun. Nerves, worries, frights. {Informal}
willy	Noun. The penis. Generally humorous or affectionate usage.
willy warmer	Noun. An jokey item of clothing intended to keep the penis warm.
willy-woofter	Noun. A homosexual male. Cf. 'woofter' and 'woolly-woofter'. Derog.
wimp	Noun. A feeble or ineffectual person. Derog. {Informal}
wimp out	Verb. To lose courage. E.g."If you wimp out now, you'll lose all the money you invested."
wimpy	Adj. Feeble, weak. Also applied to objects or places, e.g."The furnishings were a little wimpy for such bold decor."
winch	Verb. To court, to date. [Scottish use]
winching	Noun. Courting, dating. [Scottish use]
windbag	Noun. Someone who talks incessantly. Derog.
window licker	Noun. A mentally handicapped person. Derog.
wind-up	Verb. 1. To infuriate. Pronounced as in wind up a clock. 2. To tell lies or joke at the expense of the recipient. Noun. An act of lying or joking.
wind-up merchant	Noun. A person who 'winds-up' regularly.
windypops	Noun. Flatulence.
wing	Verb. 1. To throw away. E.g."Come on, it's old fashioned, why don't you wing it and buy a new one." 2. To improvise, take things as they happen.
winkle	Noun. Affectionate name for a penis.
winnits	Noun. Faecal remnants that adhere to the anal hairs. Also winnets.
wino	Noun. A habitual and often destitute drunkard. Derog. [1920s]
wiped out	Adj. Exhausted.
wired	Adj. Stressed, nervy or anxious. Often with respect to having imbibed stimulants, such as cocaine or amphetamine.
wise-up	Verb. To become aware. [Orig. U.S.]
witch	Noun. A despicable, nasty, or spiteful woman.
witch piss	Noun. Weak drink, usually referring to beer. E.g."I prefer stronger European lager, as most American lager is witch piss."
with (brass) knobs on	Phrs. That and more. Used to emphasise agreement, or as a retort to an insult. E.g."The same to you with knobs on!"
witter on	Verb. To talk incessantly and superficially. {Informal}
wizard!	Exclam. Excellent! Great! This expression is very dated, and often now associated with a stereotypical image of upper class schoolboys.
wizard's sleeve	Noun. A large or spacious vagina.
wizzo! *	Exclam. Expressing delight. Adj. Excellent, wonderful. * Also whizzo.
wobbler /wobbly	Noun. A fit of panic, nerves, anger. See 'throw a wobbly'.
wobbly bits	Noun. 1. Generally the fat bits of a persons body that might be prone to jiggle. 2. A woman's breasts.
wobbly pop	Noun. Beer or, more generally, any drink containing alcohol. [Orig. U.S.]
wog	Noun. A black/asian person. Offens.
wog-box	Noun. A portable stereo music system, a 'ghetto blaster'. Offens. See 'wog'.
wolf	Verb. To eat greedily or quickly. E.g."It's no wonder you have indigestion, wolfing your food that fast!"
wolly	Noun. An idiot. Alternative and less common spelling of 'wally'.
womb broom	Noun. 1. The penis. Often preceded by purple headed. 2. A moustache.
womble (off)	Verb. To wander, amble. E.g."We wombled off up the high street in the hope of finding a place to eat."
wombled	Adj. Very intoxicated, by drink or drugs.
women's trouble	Noun. A euphemism for menstruation and its associated problems.
wonga	Noun. Money. [Orig. Romany]
wonky	Adj. Unstable or misalligned. E.g."Watchout for that rear wheel, it's wonky and may fall off at any moment."
wood / woody	Noun. An erect penis.
wooden hills	Noun. Stairs. Often heard in the expression up the wooden hills to Bedfordshire, meaning off to bed. See 'Bedfordshire'.
woodwork	Noun. The goalposts in football (soccer).
woofter	Noun. A homosexual, a variation on 'poofter'. Derog. Cf. 'woolly-woofter'.
Woolies	Noun. Woolworths, the store.
woolly	Noun. A woollen jumper or cardigan.
woollyback	Noun. 1. A person from the provinces of Liverpool, but not from the city itself. Consequently covering a broad ill-defined area including such places as Birkenhead and Widnes. 2. A yokel, bumpkin.
woolly jumper	Noun. A liberal, vegetarian, environmentalist. From the stereotypical image that such a person wears knitted pullovers. Derog.
woolly-woofter	Noun. A homosexual. Derog. Cf. 'woofter' and 'willy woofter'.
wop	Noun. An Italian, or of Italy. Offens/Derog.
word	Exclam. I agree! [Orig. black U.S. 1990s]
workie ticket	Noun. A trouble maker. [Tyneside use]
workman's bum	Noun. The area of the buttocks (bum) made visible when trousers slip down, usually when bending over or crouching. Often seen on workmen or builders. Cf. 'builders bum'.
work one's arse/ass/butt off	Vrb phrs. To work hard. E.g."She worked her butt off for 3 years and still failed her exams."
works	Noun. The equipment necessary for an addict to inject drugs.
(the) World Wide Wait	Noun. A jocular term for the World Wide Web, due to the often slow and faltering web site connections experienced by users.
worm out of	Verb. To evade or escape an unpleasant situation by undignified behaviour. E.g."She attempted to worm out of the arrangement by saying she had to wash her hair."
worship at the porcelain altar	Vrb phrs. To vomit, in the toilet bowl (the porcelain altar). Cf. 'pray to the porcelain god'
worth a squirt	Phrs. Worthy of having sexual intercourse with. A favourable announcement on the sexual qualities of a woman. [London use / late 1990s]
wotcha!	Exclam. A greeting. A shortening of what cheer! Also spelt wotcher. [Mainly London use]
wow	Verb. To impress or excite. E.g."I've made up my mind to wow her with a bunch of flowers and an expensive meal."
wrap	Noun. A tiny paper envelope for holding a quantity of illicit powdered drug.
wreck	Verb. To hurt. E.g."My arm's wrecking - I think I fell badly last night when we were drunk and dancing." [North-west use]
wrecked	Adj. Very intoxicated with alcohol or drugs.
wrinkly	Noun. An elderly person. Cf. 'crinkly'.
wrong'un *	Noun. 1. A bad person. 2. The anus, usually in the expression 'up the wrong'un'. * From wrong one.
wupp	Verb. To thoroughly beat. E.g."I'm going to wupp his ass if he tries that again."
wuss	Noun. An inneffectual, feeble person. It has been suggested that this is a derivative of 'wimp' and 'pussy'. The term become very fashionable in Britain during the mid 1990s. [Orig. U.S.]