(stik-EE widge-ET, likely American)
Contradiction or intellectual impasse. A corruption of the phrase sticky wicket, describing a tricky situation in the game of cricket. The substitution of widget for wicket suggests a substitution of a more familiar word given most Americans' ignorance of the game.
see also sticking point, widget.
Contradiction or intellectual impasse. A corruption of the phrase sticky wicket, describing a tricky situation in the game of cricket. The substitution of widget for wicket suggests a substitution of a more familiar word given most Americans' ignorance of the game.
see also sticking point, widget.
Dick: "I wonder which holds greater cosmic import -- the ontology of giraffes or Polynesian linguistics."
Jane: "What a sticky widget. Let's go get some Burger King."
Jane: "What a sticky widget. Let's go get some Burger King."
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1. used to describe something that is either ridiculous in a humorously good or bad way.
2. usually followed with "man", a replacement of OMG
note: the "h" in whack is optional
2. usually followed with "man", a replacement of OMG
note: the "h" in whack is optional
1. "Wiggity wiggity whack, did you just see that?!"
2. "Wiggity wiggity whack, man! Leave me alone!"
2. "Wiggity wiggity whack, man! Leave me alone!"
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Get the wiggity wiggity whack mug.A term used by the young (eg me as a kid) to describe the female genatalia. Can be shortened to widge.
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Get the Widgie mug.for years, the term has been a popular word for a generic "thing" when there is no real name for it. It is often used to describe examples of made-up products along with other fictitious names,
for example, "10 widgets, 5 frabbits and 2 dingits."
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Get the widget mug.widgital (wi jit el) ADJECTIVE. The quality of small computerized devices. From “widget” and “digital.”
What should we get Lilly for graduation? How about something widgital, a video camera, or a computer or a navigation system?
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