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間投詞

^W

1. (Internet slang, usually humorous) Delete that last word.

   Yeah, he's a real jerk^W civility-challenged fellow.

   Well, Mimi, you’re old enough that you should go to parties now, so this should be your last year to tickle feet^W^W trick-or-treat.

使用する際の注意点

• This may be repeated to indicate the deletion of multiple words.

関連する語

• ^H
• in Minecraft
• just kidding

語源 1

文字

W (upper case, lower case w, plural Ws or W's)

1. The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double U and written in the Latin script.

参考

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

語源 2

Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.

名詞

W (plural Ws)

1. Abbreviation of women (sign on toilet door).

   Coordinate term: M (“men”)

   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 332:

     From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema.

2. (uncountable) Abbreviation of west.

   Coordinate terms: E (“east”), N (“north”), S (“south”)

3. Abbreviation of Wednesday.

   Synonyms: Wed, Wed.

   Coordinate terms: Su, M, Tu, Th, F, Sa

4. (sports) Abbreviation of wins (statistic).

   Coordinate terms: L (“losses”), T (“ties”)

5. (countable, Internet slang) Abbreviation of win.

   Coordinate term: L (“loss”)

   You say that like it's not an absolute W.

6. (cricket) Abbreviation of wicket.
7. (law enforcement) Abbreviation of warrant.

派生語

• (sports): OTW
• (compass): NNW, NW, SSW, SW, WNW, WSW
• (internet slang): dub, W community, W/L community
• (others): C of W, W particle, W-2 employee, W-sitting, W chromosome, W-League, Lambert W function, W in the chat, W Tree

形容詞

W (comparative more W, superlative most W)

1. (slang) Excellent, top-notch (abbreviation of winner). (Compare noun etymology 2, noun sense 4 and etymology 2, noun sense 5.)

   Antonym: L (“bad, subpar”)

   You, sir, are a W man.

   You got her number? W rizz!

固有名詞

W

1. (US politics, informal) George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).

   Synonyms: Dubya, GWB

文字

W (upper case, lower case w)

1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, written in the Latin script., used in modern texts

使用する際の注意点

• This letter is commonly used in modern texts to transcribe the letter ⟨Ƿ⟩ in order to avoid confusion with ⟨p⟩. While Ƿ was the most common letter used to transcribe this sound, ⟨U⟩ and ⟨Uu⟩, the ancestor of modern English W, were also used.

関連する語

• w/i
• w/r/t