WAG
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WAG
- (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Gambia.
- Synonym: GMB (for general use)
Usage notes[edit]
This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 due to its use in designating road vehicles under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO. The general-purpose code for the Gambia is GMB.
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Etymology 1[edit]
Back-formation from WAGs (“wives and girlfriends”).
Noun[edit]
WAG (plural WAGs)
- (informal) A wife or girlfriend of a sports star or other celebrity, originally and especially of an association football player.
- 2006 July 2, Lucy Rock, The Observer, page 20:
- The World Cup WAGs are a good example of this. The younger girls, nicknamed the ‘hen-night crowd’ and led by Colleen McLoughlin, dance on tables and drink until the early hours while No. 1 WAG Victoria Beckham remains aloof, dining sedately with Ashley Cole’s fiancee, Cheryl Tweedy.
- 2006 July 4, Emma Cowing, The Scotsman:
- In Wimbledon, the tennis WAGs and - just as excitingly - HABs (Husbands and Boyfriends) have been appearing courtside, enthusiastically cheering on their beloved other halves with a degree of style.
Etymology 2[edit]
Acronym of wild-assed guess.
Noun[edit]
WAG (plural WAGs)
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