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WASPy en · ADJ

Etymology

From WASP + -y.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, informal) Alternative letter-case form of waspy (“characteristic of a WASP”).
   alt of waspy
   • She was the kind of Wasp-y pretty I desperately wanted to be – the type of beauty that provoked starry-eyed crushes instead of ass slaps. 2016 May 28, Jessica Valenti, “Jessica Valenti: my life as a ‘sex object’”, in The Guardian:
   • Laughing, Ms. Vanderbilt said: “I have two very WASPy friends who are quite disapproving. One of them said, ‘I think it’s going to ruin your reputation.’ 2009 June 17, Charles McGrath, quoting Gloria Vanderbilt, “At 85, a Brahmin in Blue Jeans Writes of Sex, Masks and Veggies”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

WASPiness