waspy
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- adjective
- /ˈwɑːspi/
- Offensive
:
propio de los blancos anglosajones protestantes (término ofensivo, EE. UU.)
- His waspy outlook on life made him less open to different cultures and ideas.
He's named something Waspy like John Smith Junior.
- He's named something Waspy like John Smith Junior.
- So, you know, I was in Darien, CT, this incredibly wealthy Waspy community.
- It was a Whoopi Goldberg film, and I played sort of a very Waspy kid that she was the housekeeper too.
Examples
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The crowd was older, waspy, and subdued.
Fiction book (1991) -
In that neighborhood, you could find many waspy families living in grand homes.
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The next story is around what's known as the Waspy women.
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Very WASPy assumption that we know what's best.
Blog text (31) -
That party's gonna be full of old, waspy, rich people.
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Both are blonde, WASPy, and lazily elegant.
Fiction book (2002) -
So, you know, I was in Darien, CT, this incredibly wealthy Waspy community.
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Such a waspy name.
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The gathering was filled with waspy individuals who valued tradition and exclusivity.
Antonyms
Compounds
How WASP-like
Surface Forms
Morphology
waspy = WASP (opaque) = WASP + y
This sense depends on knowledge of the cultural acronym 'WASP'; learners who do not know the acronym will not derive the meaning from the insect 'wasp'.
Etymology
Waspy also comes from the letters W-A-S-P, short for 'White Anglo-Saxon Protestant', and it points to a certain formal, traditional, and sometimes exclusive social style. So calling a place or manner waspy means it feels tied to that conservative, old-fashioned group.