waspy
/ˈwɑspi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.
adj
Like a wasp (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant), a member of the dominant American upper-class culture.
Slang
Example Sentences
- "I'm blond and blue-eyed and twenty-five, and my legs are strong and my bosom is substantial, and I have a waspy waistline."
- "a waspy apple"
- "“I wasn’t asking the traditional waspy preppy types."
- "At a glance, Thor Steinar resembles waspy American pseudo-collegiate brands like Abercrombie and Fitch, Hollister, and Aeropostale, while displaying a distinctly Nordic aesthetics."
- "Laughing, Ms. Vanderbilt said: “I have two very WASPy friends who are quite disapproving. One of them said, ‘I think it’s going to ruin your reputation.’"
- "She was the kind of Wasp-y pretty I desperately wanted to be – the type of beauty that provoked starry-eyed crushes instead of ass slaps."
Etymology
From wasp + -y.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwɑspi/
- British English: /ˈwɒspi/