Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waycism

/ˈweɪsɪzm̩/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: way-cism
IPA: /ˈweɪsɪzm̩/

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Deliberate misspelling of racism.

Uncountable

Etymology

From a mock childish pronunciation of racism, to express childishness and silliness (or a puerile lack of seriousness, as in an allegation of racism), from the way small children pronounce the sound of R (and also L) as [w] during early language-development. Compare wabbit, wuv, wittle and widdle.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈweɪsɪzm̩/
British English: /ˈweɪsɪzm̩/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

waycisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

waycist

Questions

How do you pronounce waycism?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈweɪsɪzm̩/.
What does waycism mean?: Deliberate misspelling of racism.
Where does waycism come from?: From a mock childish pronunciation of racism, to express childishness and silliness (or a puerile lack of seriousness, as in an allegation of racism), from the way small children pronounce the sound of R (and also L) as [w] during early language-development. Compare wabbit, wuv, wittle and widdle.

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