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

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

as it were

An extremely British way of saying "basically", "in a sense", "in a way", "in a manner of speaking", or "idiomatically", almost always used at the end of a sentence. It's often stuffed into a conversation when the speaker is having a difficult time expressing what they really mean in precise language, and it can take the place of "um" when used habitually to keep words flowing in the absence of thought.

He's a bit shy. He doesn't want to upset the apple cart, as it were.

by durette October 31, 2016

as it were

It means "in fact, if not in deed." The statement to which it applies may not be the literal truth, but it's not far from it.

He's from the top of the lower classes, as it were.

He may not have ridden her horse, but I'm sure he's saddled her mare, as it were.

by barbecuesteve November 20, 2010

was/were

42% of trans pronouns

Did you know that 42% of trans pronouns are was/were?

by NotPieGuy January 19, 2022

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

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