wags
n.pl.— «She’s got plenty of time to become as polished, pretty and vacant as the WAGs (wives and girlfriends) of the rest of the England squad – why make her clone up any faster than she needs to?» —“Telly gets a sporting makeover” by Niamh Bugler ic Wales June 24, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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