Wass
name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 wanton disposition, unorderly state of mind or behaviour Multicultural-London-English, uncountable
"That shit's going straight to my head I been on every single block that I beef The beef can't dead 'til the opps are dead I'm fully on wass, yes I say that shit on my chest […] The young boys really on wass, go over there and do gang proud"
- 2 specifically inane or sottish words Multicultural-London-English, uncountable
"I been out here since qway back Man can't tell man nothing All of these new plates talkin wass I'm soon gonna show man sutting"
- 1 A surname from Norman. countable, uncountable
- 2 A village in Byland with Wass parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE5579). countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Luckily, we have writers, alumni and fellow graduates, who really know how to write novels. Among them, one wrote "Iḍ d wass (Nights and days long)". He is Amar Mezdad."
Etymology
From the Norman personal name Wazo.
From Somali was (“to have sexual intercourse with, to fuck”, verb); compare English fuckry. The multiple meanings of jazz also mirror this word well.
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