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wherefore 

Due to the presence of "where", many people mistake this Shakespearean word to mean "where", but it actually means "why".

"...there's the catalog... with a cartoon of Shakespeare's Juliet standing on her balcony, gazing off into the distance, and asking 'Wherefore art thou, teaching aids?' Lower on the page, Romeo stares up at Juliet and says 'Inside! Eighteen new publications plus many other fine materials.'... any teaching aid that advertises itself by questioning its own existance is falling down in the marketing department." -Richard Lederer.
Juliet: (on the balcony, looking off into the distance) "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"

Romeo: (standing right under her, thinking to himself) "Wherefore dost I quander my hour with yonder wayward, motley-minded flax-wench?"
wherefore by Lorelili April 1, 2006

Wherefore art thou 

Spoken by Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Wherefore means “why", in this line Juliet alludes to the feuding families of the play - lamenting Romeo's name.
Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Wherefore art thou by DerpySqwuid December 7, 2018

werewhore 

A werewhore in folklore and mythology is a person who shapeshifts into a whore, either purposely, by using magic, or after being placed under a curse. The transformation is sometimes associated with the appearance of the full moon, or heavy drinking in a particulary seedy bar. Most references agree that a werewhore can only be killed if shot by a silver bullet, and that you become a werewhore if directly bitten by one, where the saliva enters the blood stream.
Watch out man, you don't want that werewhore's bite!
werewhore by Bradygt September 16, 2008

Whereforewhore 

1. n. A very pretentious person who attempts to appear as an intellectual, but never fails to come across as a complete idiot. For instance, a whereforewhore might use the word "wherefore" in a precocious manner while trying to say "where" or, rather, "whence," despite the fact that "wherefore" actually means "why."
"I grew up in Hungary, wherefore I learned how to conform to the expectations of communism--"

"Dude, doesn't 'wherefore' mean 'why?'"

"Er..."

"You don't even sound smart, even though you're trying your hardest to do so. You are such a whereforewhore."
Whereforewhore by BestSkeptic July 25, 2008

Werewhore 

A person who losses sexual inhibitions through the use of drugs and/or alcohol.

A person who is promiscuous as a result of alcohol or drug use.
He's such a werewhore, if you get him high enough he'll sleep with anything.
Werewhore by Doublentrendre June 7, 2018

wherewhere 

To deflect a comment or to refuse praise from someone else in an incredibly sophisticated way
You: "Fran, you have such a beautiful dog!"

Fran: "wherewhere"