This week’s Slang This! contestant guesses at the meaning of the slang expressions “wigs on the green” and “fake and bake.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Wigs on the Green” You’re listening to A Way with Words. I’m Grant Barrett...
push someone’s wig back v. phr.— «Revisiting the crime scene, Mr. Roe said the most terrifying moment that night was not when a gang member pointed a gun at his head and threatened to “push his wig back,” slang for shooting him in the head...
wig-wag n. a rapidly alternating or strobing warning light. Also attributive. Editorial Note: Often plural, since the lights are rarely used singly. Semaphore flags have long been called “wig-wags” in the Navy, Marines, and other military and...
madea n.— «Perry’s most successful creation is Madea, a recurring character who is a large, elderly woman with a bad wig and humongous breasts. Her name, a southern colloquialism for “grandmother,” comes from combining the words “Mama Dear.”» —“A...
thumper
n.— «what is 30/30?what do that mean?well its a protector a pumkin buster a thumper a wig splitter meaning a Heater.» —“Re: i guess i’ll be tha first…“ by Mugzi AKA Mugzilla Raptalk.net June 30, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
