Showing posts with label Ww. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ww. Show all posts

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Ww:Wobblies


Definition

A person who has radical ideas or opinions.

Cocktail Party Banter

Darling, don't hang out with any Wobblies in Berkley California.

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Noun
1.Wobbly - a member of the Industrial Workers of the World
radical - a person who has radical ideas or opinions
Adj.1.wobbly - inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"
unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2008 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

wobbly
adjective
1. unstableshakyunsafeuneventeeteringunbalancedtotteringricketyunsteadywonky (Brit. slang) I was sitting on a wobbly plastic chair.
2. unsteadyweakunstableshakyquivery, all of a quiver (informal) His legs felt wobbly after the long flight.
3. shakyunsteadytremulous `I want to go home,' she said in a wobbly voice.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Monday, September 13, 2010

Ww: Weasel Words

Weasel words is an informal term[1] for words and phrases aimed at creating an impression that something specific and meaningful has been said, when in fact only a vague or ambiguous claim has been communicated. Read more from Wikipedia on Weasel Words

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Ww: "Warp and Woof"


n.
The underlying structure on which something is built; a base or foundation: "profound dislocations throughout the entire warp and woof of the American economy" (David A. Stockman).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


Little I guessed how all the warp and woof of that man- world was entangled with alcohol.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Ww: Where You From Buddy Resteraunts


But Franchisers don't sell many of their thirty-billion hamburgers per year in blue highway towns where chophouses must draw customers through continuing quality rather national advertising. I had nothing to lose but the chains, and I hoped to find down the country roads. Ma in her beanery and Pap over his barbecue pit, both still serving slow food from the place they did thirty years ago.
Heat-Moon, William Blue Highways (Boston: Houghton Mifflin,1991), 16.