Stands for "What Would
Jesus Do?", where "
Jesus" refers to
Jesus of Nazareth (see New Testament). Often printed on cheap bracelets or along the length of lanyards.
Articles with "WWJD?" are worn by Christians to promote and/or reflect the idea that in times of conflict or moral dilemna, one should speculate (based on the teachings and behaviors described in the Gospels) what Jesus would probably have done in the given situation.
"I'm not sure if I should write this webpage script in Perl, Java or
PHP. Hmm, What Would
Jesus do?"
"WWJD? Well for starters, he probably wouldn't purchase and wear tacky jewelry."
"Why is exclaiming 'Jesus Christ!' considered taking the Lord's name in
vain, but wearing tacky 'WWJD?' jewelry isn't?"