Quite literally and phonetically means "What's going on" - "Wah - gw - aan" - pronounced identically to its spelling
The word, however, is more recognized as "What's up"
A slang/word in Jamaican Creole, commonly used among friends and acquaintances as a form of greeting one another.
Frequently used in places such as South London, primarily among black individuals with Jamaican derivation and non-Jamaican derivation alike .
A greeting used by some Jamaican Muslims. Combining the Arabic “Salaam” meaning peace and the Jamaican “Wah Gwaan” meaning how are you. First utilised by Jamaican Muslim Djamil Ninsoo aka DouglaBwoy on TikTok
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).