Waspy

//ˈwɒspi// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.

    "I'm blond and blue-eyed and twenty-five, and my legs are strong and my bosom is substantial, and I have a waspy waistline."

  2. 2
    Like a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture. slang

    "“I wasn’t asking the traditional waspy preppy types."

  3. 3
    Alternative letter-case form of waspy (“characteristic of a WASP”). alt-of, informal

    "Laughing, Ms. Vanderbilt said: “I have two very WASPy friends who are quite disapproving. One of them said, ‘I think it’s going to ruin your reputation.’"

  4. 4
    Infested with wasps.

    "a waspy apple"

  5. 5
    Waspish; irascible.

Example

More examples

"I'm blond and blue-eyed and twenty-five, and my legs are strong and my bosom is substantial, and I have a waspy waistline."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From wasp + -y.

Etymology 2

From WASP + -y.

Related phrases

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