Wac	(US) a member of the Women's Army Corps.	
Waco	a city in central Texas with a population of about 95,000.	
Waddingham	a Saint Hill staff member at the time of this lecture, in charge of the grounds and construction at Saint Hill.	
waddle-gabopped	a made-up word.	
Wadsworth	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet. The following is from his poem "A Psalm of Life" (1939):
"Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime.
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time."	
Wagner	Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-1883), German composer, musical theorist and originator of the "music drama," which revolutionized opera. Wagner's music is noted for its powerful, dramatic qualities.	
wagon	(slang) any vehicle used to remove a person to a place of restriction, as to an insane asylum. Used figuratively in some lectures.	
wagon, the	(slang) any vehicle used to remove a person to a place of restriction, as to an insane asylum. Used figuratively in the lecture.	
wahf-wahf	a made-up word.	
Waiting for Godot	a play written in 1952 by Irish-born French novelist and dramatist Samuel Beckett (1906-1989). It is a tragicomedy about two tramps, in which nothing happens except trivial events and conversations that suggest the meaninglessness of life.	
wall	a type of knot formed on the end of a rope which has many uses, such as for finishing off the ends when two or more ropes have been tied together.	
Wall Street Journal	a newspaper published by Dow Jones (American financial statisticians), providing financial news and considered an authoritative publication in the financial and business communities.	
Wallace	Joe Wallace, a Scientologist who built and sold E-Meters in the 1950s.	
Wally	a student on the Saint Hill Special Briefing Course at the time of this lecture.	
Walnut Lodge	a humorous Variation of Chestnut Lodge Hospital, a mental institution in Rockville, Maryland. 	
Walter Reed	the general hospital of the army medical center at Washington, DC.	
wanna	(colloquial) want to.	
War Department	a former federal executive department organized in 1789 to administer the military establishment. In 1949, it was reconstituted as the Department of the Army, a division within the Department of Defense.	
War Office	the former department of the British government, presided over by the Secretary of State for War, which was charged with the entire administration of the Army. The British War Office was incorporated in 1964 into the Ministry of Defence, under the Secretary of State for Defence.	
war whoop	any war cry; shout of battle.	
ware	(archaic) beware of, guard against; avoid, shun, keep clear of. The phrase "ware shoal" is nautical—a warning to beware of a shoal: a sandbar, etc., forming a shallow place that is a danger to navigation, especially one that can be seen when the water is low. This phrase is often used figuratively.	
ware shoal:	(archaic) beware of, guard against; avoid, shun, keep clear of The phrase "ware shoal" is nautical‑a warning to beware of a shoal: a sand bar, etc., forming a shallow place that is a danger to navigation, especially one that can be seen when the water is low.	
Warner Brothers	a major US motion-picture studio, which finances, produces and distributes feature films. During the 1930s and 1940s the company kept its popularity through tough gangster films.	
Was ist	(German) a common way of saying "What is it?"; What is up?"	
wash up	end, especially ignominiously.	
Washington	short for Washington, DC: the capital of the United States. DC is an abbreviation for District of Columbia which is a federal district that occupies the same area as Washington, DC and is under the control of the federal government directly rather than being a part of any of the states.
abbreviated term for the Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, DC (District of Columbia).	
Washington congress	a reference to the Clean Hands Congress, held in Washington, DC from 30 December 1961 through 1 January 1962, where L. Ron Hubbard gave nine lectures covering the technology of the Goals Problem Mass and its handling, valences, withholds, Sec Checks, havingness and rudiments.	
Washington Monument	the white marble obelisk (tall, four-sided stone pillar tapering toward its pyramidal top) in Washington, DC, in memory of George Washington (1732-1799), first president of the United States (1789-1797).	
Washington School of Freudian Appendectomies	a made-up name for a school.
See also Freudian in this glossary.	
Washington, DC	the capital of the United States. DC is an abbreviation for District of Columbia which is a federal district that occupies the same area as Washington, DC and is under the control of the federal government directly rather than being a part of any of the states.	
Washington, George	(1732-1799) US general and political leader. He was the commander in chief of American forces during the American Revolution (1776-1783) and first president of the United States (1789-1797).	
Wassermann	a humorous reference to a diagnostic test for syphilis, named after its inventor, August von Wassermann (1866-1925), German physician and bacteriologist.	
Watch and Ward Society of Boston	a vigilance committee in the city of Boston. It was a stalwart defender of conventional morals, being strongly opposed to anything it considered obscene. Watch and ward are terms formerly used to denote guard by night and by day respectively; from the 13th century practice where townships were made responsible for appointing watchmen.	
water gun	a toy pistol that shoots water in a stream.	
water under the dam, over the bridge	something that happened in the past and cannot be changed. A variation of water over the dam, under the bridge.	
waterbuckbat	a made‑up word.	
Waterloo, Battle of	a battle in Belgium in 1815 in which the British defeated the French under Napoleon Bonaparte. The battle was fought over three days (June 16th, 17th and 18th) and a rainstorm on the evening of the 17th created wet conditions of the already marshy ground which delayed the French attack. A cavalry commander in the French army ran his horsemen into a sunken road, losing them but allowing the infantry to then march across the top of it. Napoleon's troops were nevertheless defeated. Napoleon abdicated as emperor a few days later, and he was subsequently captured and sent into exile. 	
Watson	Dr. Watson, a character portrayed in the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as the admiring friend of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson" is often attributed to Holmes when replying to Watson's queries on how he had solved a complex crime or mystery.	
Watt	James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish engineer and inventor; invented the modern version of the steam engine. The watt, a unit of electrical power, was named after him.	
Watt, James	(1736-1819) Scottish engineer and inventor; invented the modern version of the steam engine. The watt, a unit of electrical power, was named after him.	
way, in a bad	(informal) in trouble or likely to have trouble.	
Wayne, John	(1907-1979) one of the best known and most successful US motion-picture actors of the twentieth century who often played ”tough guys,” particularly soldiers and cowboys. He appeared in over 125 films.	
ways, the	(nautical) the timbered structure on which a ship is built and from which it slides when launched.	
wazir, grand	(Arabic) the chief minister or administrator of a Muslim ruler, especially of the Sultan of Turkey. Wazir literally means "bearer of burdens."	
wazzergoo	a made-up word.	
We want you	an allusion to US armed forces recruitment posters which portrayed Uncle Sam (a figure who stands for the government of the United States and for the United States itself) pointing a finger directly at the viewer, saying "I want YOU for the US Army."	
Weems, Commander	Philip Van Horn Weems, author of Simplified Celestial Navigation and Air Navigation.	
Wehrmacht	(German, literally "defense force") the armed forces of Germany, particularly of Nazi Germany.	
Weimar Republic	a common name for the government of Germany between World War I and the assumption of power by Adolf Hitler in 1933; Weimar, Germany, was where its constitution was drawn up. The constitution abolished the several constitutional monarchies that had previously formed the German Empire. The Weimar government was unpopular because of its acceptance of the harsh provisions of the Treaty of Versailles (the treaty that officially ended World War I); the large penalties Germany had to pay caused economic chaos in the country, with German money declining daily in value.	
weirdity	(slang) a state or condition regarded as weird, odd or eccentric.	
Weller	Mr. Weller, the estate carpenter at Saint Hill Manor at the time of the lecture.	
Welles, Orson	(1915-1985) American actor, director and producer. Produced a radio dramatization in 1938 of English novelist and journalist, H.G. Wells' (1866-1946) The War of the Worlds. It was done in the form of a news broadcast and caused widespread panic in the United States at the time when people thought that Martians had actually invaded the Earth.	
Wellington	Arthur Wellesley Wellington (1769-1852), the first Duke of Wellington, English soldier and politician. His final victory was at Waterloo in 1815 where he defeated Napoleon.	
well-oiled dream, like a	(colloquial) perfectly. A variation of the phrase like a dream.	
Wells, H.G.	Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), English novelist and journalist. Wells is known for his science fiction, his satirical novels and his popularized accounts of history and science. The first great writer of science fiction, H.G. Wells is author of The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. He also wrote sociological books in which he criticized existing society and presented his remedies: internationalism, socialism and the advancement and proper use of science. In later works, he proposed government by supermen and a new world religion based on physics. Toward the end of his life, Wells thought that man's scientific advances were totally outdistancing his intellectual and social development, and he expressed this in his last work, Mind at the End of its Tether. Deliberately aiming to achieve greatness as a prophet, journalist and spokesman for progress, rather than as a novelist, Wells was considered to possess one of the most vigorous intellects of his period in England.	
We-Spy-for-You Detective Company	a made-up name for a company.	
West Berlin	at the time of this lecture, the noncommunist side of the city of Berlin, located in East Germany. At the end of World War II (1945) the city of Berlin was divided into a communist section and a noncommunist section just as Germany was similarly divided between East (communist) and West (noncommunist). In 1961 a fortified barrier of concrete and wire was erected between the two sections by communist East Berlin to keep East Berliners from defecting to the West. Armed guards were posted on the wall to stop anyone making such attempts. The wall was finally torn down in 1990 and free passage between the two sections of the city was allowed once again.	
West Coast	the western coast of the United States, bordering on the Pacific Ocean and comprising the coastal areas of California, Oregon and Washington.	
West End	from the West Side, the part of Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, which includes several miles of docks along the east Hudson River waterfront.	
West Keokuk	a made-up name for a city and joking reference to Keokuk, a city located on the Mississippi River, in southeast Iowa, in the Midwestern United States. It has a population of about 13,000 people. Used in the lecture to mean a small out-of-the-way town.	
West Point	a military reservation in southeastern New York: site of the US Military Academy.	
Westinghouse	of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, a company organized in 1869 by George Westinghouse (1846-1914), to manufacture his invention—the air brake, which uses compressed air to stop or reduce the speed of a moving vehicle. Originally invented for use on railway trains, the air brake is now often used on automobiles, trucks and buses as well.	
wet pack	(medical) a form of bath given by wrapping a patient in hot or cold wet sheets covered with a blanket, used especially to reduce fever.	
whambo	(slang) an exclamation signalling the suddenness, violence, surprise, etc., of a quick, sharp blow. A variation of the expletive whammo.	
whammoed	smashed with great force. A variation of whammed.	
what cooks	(colloquial) what is happening or planned.	
what on earth	(informal) what of all possible things; whatever.	
what’s kicking	(slang) what is happening.	
whatamagoodjits	(slang) unspecified or unspecifiable objects; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name. A variation of whatchamacallit.	
whatcha	(informal) what have you.
(informal) what are you.	
whatnot	a minor or unspecified object or article.	
whatnotter	a made‑up word for an item.	
whatters	a made-up word.	
Wheaties	brand name of an American breakfast cereal which calls itself "The Breakfast of Champions" and uses testimonials by American athletes in its advertising.	
Wheatstone bridge	an electrical circuit for measuring the amount of resistance to a flow of electricity.	
wheel of fortune	a wheel-like gambling device that is rotated or spun to determine the winner of certain prizes. In Roman mythology such a device was represented as turning in order to bring about changes or reverses in human affairs.	
wheeze	(slang) an old joke.	
wheezy	(colloquial) old and frequently used. From theater slang, where a wheeze is a comic phrase or saying introduced repeatedly into the performance of a piece.	
where he lives	(slang) at or to the right or vital point.	
where it lives	(slang) at or to the right or vital point.	
whiffinpoof	a made‑up word.	
Whiffy Tiffy Five	a made-up name of a rock and roll group.	
whipsawing	subjecting to two opposing forces at the same time.	
whirling dervish	a member of any various Moslem orders of ascetics (ones who lead a life of austere self-discipline, especially as an act of religious devotion or penance), some of which employ whirling dances and the chanting of religious formulas to produce a collective ecstasy.	
whirly-girg	a made-up word for a whirling motion.	
whiskers	(slang) a pair of thin drumsticks with flat, soft brushes of wires or plastic on the ends. They are used to give the drums a soft, smooth, muted sound..	
whistle clean	(colloquial) completely and entirely clean; without fault or error.	
whistle, clean as a	(colloquial) completely and entirely clean; without fault or error.	
whistle, slick as a	(slang) very smooth; well done.
(colloquial) completely and entirely clean; without fault or error.	
whistled (something) up	called, summoned, brought or got (something) by or as by whistling.	
whistled up	called, summoned, brought or got by or as by whistling.	
white cane	a cane used by a blind person which is held out in front of the body and touched to the ground where the person is going to take their next step to ensure that it is safe. Used figuratively in some lectures.	
white coats, men in the	mental hospital attendants (from the white coats they wear).	
white cross bun	a bun with a cross of frosting on it; eaten chiefly during Lent (in Christianity, a time of fasting and repentance in the early part of the year).	
white flag	a white banner or cloth held up as a sign that one wants a truce or is willing to surrender.	
White House	a white mansion in Washington, DC which is the official residence of the president of the United States and location of the executive branch of the US government.	
white mutiny	a Condition wherein a person sees fit only to follow orders and takes no responsibility for his post.	
whiz-bang	a firework that jumps around making a whizzing noise and periodic bangs.
(slang) a person who is very quick, adroit or skilled at something; expert.
(colloquial) the shell of a small-caliber, high-velocity German gun, so called from the noise it made.	
whizzabung	a made-up word.	
whizzed up	(slang) made more exciting or lively; enlivened. A variation of jazzed up.	
whizzer	(slang) anything superlative, whether good or bad.	
whizzeroo	a coined word from whiz (a swift movement producing a humming, buzzing or hissing sound) and -eroo (a humorous slang suffix added to nouns).	
whizzits	a made-up word.	
whizzle sticks	a made-up term.	
whizzle-bum	a made-up word.	
whizzles	a made-up term.	
whizzling	moving swiftly in a repeated manner.	
whizzo	a made-up name for a drug.	
whole cloth	(figurative) fully; wholly. Whole cloth is a piece of cloth of the full size as manufactured, as distinguished from a piece that may be cut off or out of it for a garment, etc.	
whole cloth, out of	out of one's imagination. A Variation of made out of whole cloth, completely imaginary.	
whole cloth, take (something) out of	make (something) up out of one's imagination. A variation of made out of whole cloth, completely imaginary.	
whumped	struck heavily with a hard blow. Used figuratively in the lecture.	
Whumpfburg	a made-up name for a place.	
wibble-wobble	(colloquial) a coined term from wobble, and wibble, a made-up rhyming word.	
Wichelow, George	a Scientologist in England in the mid-1950s.	
Wichita	a city in Kansas which was the location of the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation in 1951 and 1952.	
widow maker	a pneumatic drill of the kind used to tear up pavement. Construction companies call them this because of the mortality rate of workers assigned to them on construction projects.	
wild blue nowhere	a variation of wild blue yonder, the far and trackless distance. Taken from a song of the United States Army Air Corps, "Off we go into the wild blue yonder, climbing high into the sun."	
wild blue yonder	the far and trackless distance. Taken from a song of the United States Army Air Corps, "Off we go into the wild blue yonder, climbing high into the sun."	
Williams	a Scientology staff member at the time of the lecture; a former student on the Saint Hill Special Briefing Course.
the name of a Central Organization staff member in Australia at the time of the lecture.	
Williams, Peter	a staff member from Australia and student on the Saint Hill Special Briefing Course during the early portion of these lectures.	
Willkie, Wendell	(1892-1944) American politician, lawyer and business executive. In 1940 he ran for president of the United States and although he lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt, he polled over 22 million votes. Willkie favored removing controls and changing the tax system to encourage business expansion which was in opposition to President Roosevelt's domestic programs. He supported the president's foreign policy though, and in 1942 he toured England, the Middle East, the Soviet Union and China as a personal emissary of the president. He then wrote One World (1943), the story of his trip, which was a powerful argument against isolationism and an appeal for postwar cooperation among nations. These views caused the Republican party to withdraw support of his renomination in 1944. Shortly thereafter his health began to fail and he died several months later. 
See also One World in this glossary.	
willow buck	a coined phrase with no particular meaning, used in this lecture to represent the pc's item.	
Wilson	Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), political leader and educator who was elected president in 1912.	
Wilson, Woodrow	(1856-1924) political leader and educator who was elected president in 1912. He wrote numerous books and papers on history and politics, including A History of the American People, which was published in five volumes in 1902.	
window, going out the	(informal) going out of effect; being abandoned.	
windrows	rows, as of leaves or snow, heaped up by the wind.	
Windsor Castle	the main residence of English sovereigns since William the Conqueror, the king of England from 1066-1087.	
windy	full of talk or verbiage (an excess of words beyond those needed to express concisely what is meant); talkative; long-winded.	
Wing	a student on the Saint Hill Special Briefing Course at the time of this lecture.	
wingding	(US slang) a fit or spasm.
(US slang) something extraordinary.	
winged-foot heels	winged sandals. An allusion to Mercury, the god represented as a young man with winged hat and winged sandals. He was the god of science and commerce, the patron of travelers and also of rogues, vagabonds and thieves. Hence, the name of the god is used to denote both a messenger and a thief.	
wing-foot on his heels	winged sandals. An allusion to Mercury, the god represented as a young man with winged hat and winged sandals. He was the god of science and commerce, the patron of travelers and also of rogues, vagabonds and thieves. Hence, the name of the god is used to denote both a messenger and a thief.	
winning card	(figurative) an expedient (a means of achieving something, a means to an end) certain to attain its object.	
Winter Garden	a room on the ground floor of Saint Hill Manor which had skylights in it.	
Winter, Joe	a doctor and squirrel who was involved in Dianetics in the early 1950s, and was a no‑case‑gain case.	
winterpoof spaf	a made-up term.	
wire, into heavy	a coined phrase meaning into a serious or intense needle phenomena.	
wishing well	a well thought to be capable of conferring the fulfillment of one's wishes by throwing coins into it.	
Wissergoo	a made-up name.	
witch doctor	(in some primitive societies) a man who attempts to cure sickness and to exorcise (expel) evil spirits by the use of magic.	
Witch of Endor	the woman who had "a familiar spirit" (a spirit supposed to serve a particular person) through whom the biblical character Saul sought communication with the dead Samuel. She brought Samuel up "out of the earth" having first secured a promise from Saul that he would take no action against her as a witch.	
Witchdoctorville	a made-up name for a town.	
wits wrapped around (something), get (one's)	understand (something), using (one's) mental faculties or intellectual powers.	
wizirods	a made-up name.	
woggaroo	a made-up name.	
wogged	sick, especially to (one's) stomach.	
wogged up	(slang) sick, especially to (one's) stomach.	
woggy	(slang) sick.	
wog-wog	a made-up word.	
wog-wogs	a made-up word.	
woiker	(dialect) worker.	
wolf, crying	giving a false alarm. From the fable of the shepherd lad who so often called "Wolf!" merely to make fun of the neighbors that when at last the wolf came no one would believe him.	
wolfs tooth, clean as a	(slang) perfectly clean. A variation of clean as a hound's tooth.	
wolf's tooth, cleaner than a	(slang) perfectly clean. A variation of clean as a hound's tooth.	
wolves, throwing (something) to the	allowing (something a person no longer has use for) to be put in a dangerous or difficult situation.	
wood pigeon	a European pigeon having a whitish patch on each side of the neck. Also called ringdove.	
wooden‑Indian	acting like a wooden Indian: a wooden image of an American Indian in a standing position; formerly placed in front of cigar stores as an advertisement.	
wooden‑Indians	acts like a wooden Indian: a wooden image of an American Indian in a standing position; formerly placed in front of cigar stores as an advertisement.	
Woods	(golf) any of a set of numbered clubs with wooden heads having various lofts (slopes of the heads).	
woodwork, out of the	(colloquial) out of hiding or obscurity.	
woof and the warp	(figurative) the underlying structure upon which something is built; a foundation; base. Literally, the woof is the horizontal thread in a woven fabric, and the warp is the vertical thread. Together they make up the whole of a woven article.	
woof and warp	(figurative) the underlying structure upon which something is built; a foundation; base. Literally, the woof is the horizontal thread in a woven fabric, and the warp is the vertical thread. Together they make up the whole of a woven article.	
woof woofs	a made-up term.	
woofs	a made-up word.	
woogies	a made-up word.	
woogy	a coined term meaning muddled or confused.	
wooling	(slang) beating or thrashing. In other words ' the auditing was greater than the wooling. ‑Directing Pc's Attention (18 Sept. 62)	
Woolworth	the name of a chain of "five-and-ten-cent" stores (stores that sell a wide variety of inexpensive merchandise) in the United States.	
Woolworth's	the name of a chain of "five-and-ten-cent" stores (stores that sell a wide variety of inexpensive merchandise) in the United States.	
word of mouth	informal oral communication.	
work (something) over	do (something) again or anew; repeat (something).	
work (something) over	do (something) again or anew; repeat (something). And the reason, of course, a goals list will read if you work it over hard enough, unbelievable hard, under a circumstance like this where you've y already invalidated the correct goal on it, you'll find other items will start reading on the same list, whether you extend it or not. ‑Relationship of Training to OT (7 Nov. 63)	
workouts	developments; elaborations.	
Works Progress Administration	the former federal agency (1935-1943) charged with instituting and administering public works in order to relieve national unemployment.	
works, give (something) the	subject (something) to rigorous or extreme treatment, either verbally or physically.	
World Health Organization	an agency of the United Nations established in 1948 with the stated purpose of improving the health of the world's people and preventing or controlling communicable diseases.	
World War 1	the war (1914-1918) between the Allies (Great Britain, France, Russia, the US, Italy, Japan, etc.) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, etc.).	
World War 2	the war (1939-1945) between the Allies (Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the US, etc.) and the Axis (Germany, Italy, Japan, etc.). The war in the Pacific ended in September 1945, after the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.	
World War I	the war (1914-1918) between the Allies (Great Britain, France, Russia, the US, Italy, Japan, etc.) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, etc.).	
World War II	the war (1939-1945) between the Allies (Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the US, etc.) and the Axis (Germany, Italy, Japan, etc.).	
worlds, best of all possible	a reference to the overly optimistic attitude of Dr. Pangloss, the old tutor to the hero in the satire Candide, (subtitled "Optimism") by Voltaire (French philosopher, poet, dramatist and author, 1694-1778). Dr. Pangloss' great point was his incurable and misleading optimism which did him no good and brought him all sorts of misfortune, but to the end he reiterated "all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds."	
worm gear	a gear with teeth designed to mesh with the thread of a worm (a short, rotating screw).	
Wormwood Scrubs	a prison for first offenders only, in West London.	
wot not	(archaic) know not.	
wots not	(archaic) knows not.	
would it or not it	(literary) wish it or not.	
WRAC	a member of the Women's Royal Army Corps, formed as the women's corps of the British Army in 1949.	
wrap (one's) wits around	understand, using (one's) mental faculties or intellectual powers.	
wrapped (someone) around...	(slang) tangled up or confused (someone). Humorous variation of wrapped (someone) around a telegraph pole, taken from the US West where a tangled‑up man in a confused condition was likened to a person, horse or cow who had run into a telegraph pole and gotten wrapped around it. It infers the situation or person needs to be untangled and straightened out.	
wrapped around, get (one's) wits	understand, using (one's) mental faculties or intellectual powers.	
Wright, Frank Lloyd	(1869-1959) a famous American architect known for his highly original methods of uniting buildings with their surroundings. His public buildings include the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo (1916), one of the few major buildings to survive the 1923 earthquake, and the Guggenheim Museum, New York (1949).	
Wright, Harold Bell	(1872-1944) American author of many popular novels dealing mainly with love and adventure in the Southwest. His books are considered moralistic and sentimental.	
Wrights	Orville Wright (1871-1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867-1912), American aircraft pioneers. The brothers had a bicycle-repair shop in Dayton, Ohio when they were attracted to aviation in 1892. On 17 December 1903, they made what are generally regarded as the first powered, sustained and controlled flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The first flight lasted for only 12 seconds but on the fourth, the machine traveled 59 seconds. They formed the Wright Aeroplane Company in 1909. His name was Young, and he was the second man in the world beyond the Wrights to fly. -Studying: Introduction (18 June 64)	
Wrightus, Harold Bell	a humorous reference to Howard Bell Wright (1872-1944), popular American novelist. His books and sentimental stories had a moral purpose and were widely read because of their appealing plots and characters.	
Wrigley Field	the baseball field of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, Illinois, US. It's something like departing for the moon and finding yourself on Wrigley Field and saying, "Well, that proves it." ‑Geriatrics (20 Sept. 62)	
Wrigley’s	the brand name for a chewing gum. Named after William Wrigley, Jr. (1863-1932), American industrialist who founded William Wrigley, Jr., & Co. in Chicago, Illinois (1891), manufacturers of chewing gum.	
wuclabugs	a made-up word.	
wuff	a made-up word.	
wuff-wuff	a made-up word.	
wuk-wuks	a made-up word.	
wuk-wuks	a made-up word.	
wumph	a made‑up word.	
Wunderbar	(German) an interjection meaning wonderful.	
Wundt	Wilhelm Wundt (1832‑1920), German psychologist and physiologist (expert in the study of the functions of living things and the ways in which their parts and organs work); the originator of the false doctrine that man is no more than an animal.
See also psychology in this glossary.	
Wundtianism	the doctrine, school or theory of Wilhelm Wundt.	
Wurlitzer	the brand name of an organ made by the Rudolf Wurlitzer Company.	
wusser	humorous pronunciation of worse.	
w‑usser	humorous pronunciation of worse.