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Monday, November 3, 2008

Nick nack paddy wack.... So what is a 'wack'?

The word "wack".
So where does the word 'wack' come from, how do we use it?


Wack. An action.
To wack someone around the head. Normally implies with an open hand but might also be with a pillow, or a club type weapon.

Wack. From a nursery rhyme.
Nick nack paddy wack give a dog a bone.
This old man came rolling home.

Wack. Used by Liverpudlians as a greeting.
"All right wack?

An expression of fatique.
'I'm all wacked out'.
'I'm totally wacked"

Need to know the origin?

Why not ask Marina at Hot for Words? http://uk.youtube.com/user/hotforwords