as it were

sort of; in a way; as if it were true
"I'm in the market... as it were" - Cpt. Jack Sparrow - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
by PianoM0n August 29, 2006
Get the as it were mug.

wered

Adj. crazy, strange, unusual, loco.
The real way to spell 'weird'.
Say weird, it souded like WE'RED didn't it??
Often thought of as the original spelling of weird, derived from the latin word "werd" meaning 'the one who cannot think properly'.
Person #1: Look at this SCENE kid's pictures...
Person #2: wow, thats a really wered photo angle.
by DCrepresent October 20, 2010
Get the wered mug.

were

A horrible misspelling of the contraction "we're", in which the omission of a single apostrophe changes the word into a completely different one. Commonly seen in the gaming world and in message boards
Were here! Were queer!
by Penbiks August 18, 2006
Get the were mug.

as it were

a phrase used to sound cultured, especially when fellating a horse.
While i was sucking him off, as it were...
by jim slim jim jim gousche December 30, 2008
Get the as it were mug.

were

To describe in a "past tense" state.

To say something "Was" something else.

And if you are not careful with your definitions, you could end up making a separate definition for another word because you used mixed up "were" with "where."
Ghetto person: We was just chillin' at the MAWL!

Grammar Nazi: Don't you mean "Were"?

Ghetto person: You're about to be "Were-Dead"

Grammar Nazi: "Were-Dead"?

Ghetto person: As in "Were-dead, after I killed you and brought you back to life to help me prove my Alibi"

Grammar Nazi: That doesn't make sense."

Ghetto Person: Niga, it makes perfect sense. How can you be ded if you helping me with an alibi to another crime? You is one problem solved!

Grammar Nazi: . . .
by Tokitokitotokito December 02, 2011
Get the were mug.

As it were

Oops, I just spoke an inadvertent double entendre and I want you to believe that my mind is dirty enough to have realised it but not so dirty as to have done it deliberately
I was standing in a cold draught talking to that sexy new girl from no. 21 and now I'm all stiff. <pause, slight blush> er.. as it were.
by Schmunzelmonster February 18, 2009
Get the As it were mug.

As it were

This is what unfortunate people add to their sentences when they are desperately trying to convince you that they are either telling the truth or are quite a bit smarter than reality.
Well, when I was last in Italy, we dined at a most excellent little place I found called Nicola's, as it were.
by RosiePotter August 16, 2007
Get the As it were mug.