Wasm

//ˈwɒz(ə)m// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A doctrine, ideology, rule, or theory that is no longer current or fashionable. humorous

    "Progress is a PLAStic bag; / Come stick in your head and what AILS you will gag. / Gasping the BLUE-in-the-face blues. / When our propaganda spasms turn your isms into wasms, / We'll bag the earth in a PLAStic globe and disconnect your frontal lobe / With our gadget-pop Agitprop air-jet-hop think-no-more blues."

Example

More examples

"Progress is a PLAStic bag; / Come stick in your head and what AILS you will gag. / Gasping the BLUE-in-the-face blues. / When our propaganda spasms turn your isms into wasms, / We'll bag the earth in a PLAStic globe and disconnect your frontal lobe / With our gadget-pop Agitprop air-jet-hop think-no-more blues."

Etymology

From ism, with jocular substitution of was for is.

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