Lexical Compendium
Wait... what is this? Sometimes I come across a word, phrase, idiom, quote, reference, bit of slang, person of interest, etc that either I don't know or I find amusing, interesting, etc. This is a collection of those items so that I can refer back to them in emails, texts, etc.
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wagwan
Wagwan means "what's going on" and is Jamaican/English slang. It seems to have originated from Jamaican Creole wah gwan ("what go on").
I first heard this while watching Supacell, where it's used prolifically in the dialog.
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- IMDB: Supacell Reference ID imdb-supacell
- What does wagwan mean? Reference ID what-does-wagwan-mean
- Definition: wagwan Reference ID definition-wagwan
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"What ho! She bumps!"
I came across this bit of old-timey slang in the television show "The Artful Dodger." It means something like, "Wow! It works!"
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- IMDB: The Artful Dodger Reference ID imdb-the-artful-dodger
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