A fork of Rural Dictionary
derive from acronym of "work avoidance behaviour" - the action of finding something else, ANYTHING else to do other than the task at hand (whether studying as a student or working); like sorting your CDs & DVDs again, making yet another cup of coffee, rearranging your desk, reorganising your inbox, vacuuming the carpet or just browsing the internet, surfing cables channels
someone chatting online to friend: "Hey what you up to?"
in reply: "Well not a lot really, just wabbing!"
www.wab.me.uk
We made up the word wab in Scotland, I can guarantee it. The real definition goes something like this:
Wab (1): n A person who acheives intellectual victory over another, usually by a technicallity, often with a large degree of smugness.
Wab (2): vb To acheive intellectual victory over someone, usually by a technicality or illogical argument, often with a large degree of smugness
The word is disgustingly versatile:
In it's original form:
You are a wab.
Other forms:
You have been wabbed!
Absolute wabber.
You've been wabbish today.
Such a wabbable guy.
A low-income hispanic, with no adaptation of the main-stream American culture and limited english language vocabulary and pronounciation.
Same definition as "chuntaro." Most commonly used in Orange County, CA. Probably originated their.
4th street in Santa Ana is full of wabs.
My cousin is such a wab.
Damn, you look like a wab right now.
Male underpants. Usually used on its own, but also in the phrase a pair of wabs. Slang term used in north east England, possible origin town of Guisborough, North Yorkshire.
He wore thick wabs during the harsh English winter.
Weak Ass Broth Syndrome. Seen in cooking. (Specifically you suck at cooking on YouTube)
I don't eat Joe's ramen. It always suffers from wabs.