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?"