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wallflower noun A neglected or socially awkward
person, esp. a woman sitting out at a dance for lack of
partners. E.g. I used to go to dances when I was young but I was
always the wall-flower, always the shy one. [From such women sitting
along the wall of the room in which dancing is taking place.]
wally noun Brit. A foolish or inept person. E.g. 'They
looked a right load of wallies,' said an eye-witness. [Origin
uncertain; perh. a use of the male forename Wally, a familiar
form of Walter, but also Scottish wallydrag, wallydraigle
noun, a feeble or worthless person.]
wangle orig. printers' verb trans. 1. To obtain by devious
means. E.g. In the last war like yourself I joined the army, instead of
wangling myself into some safe job in London. noun 2. An act of
wangling. E.g. I worked a wangle. I got a line on the Minister of
Tourism.
warb noun Also waub, worb. Austral An idle, unkempt, or
disreputable person. E.g. Alongside this masterpiece he felt the
warbiest nl the warbs, the shabbiest of the shabs.
war baby noun 1. A young or inexperienced officer. 2.
US A bond or the like which is sold during a war, or which
increases in value because of a war.