wab
n.— «“I just hope Victoria doesn’t look like a little wab.” Wab—short for wetback—was, I had already discovered, the single most popular local youth insult. “Whenever my mom has Victoia for more than a couple of hours, she’s totally wabbed out—ribbons everywhere, little sandals, frilly socks.”» —by William Finnegan Cold New World May 12, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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