waps
n.pl.— «A preliminary hearing into her sexual discrimination case against the international finance giant heard that senior colleague Nathaniel Norgren indeed congratulated her on her waps—British slang for breasts—at an office Christmas lunch last year.» —“Gag denied in ‘Sexism in City’ case” by Annabel Crabb in London, U.K. Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) July 3, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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