waspy
1 Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- waspily adverb
- waspiness noun
Etymology
Origin of waspy1
First recorded in 1650–60; wasp + -y 1
Origin of Waspy2
First recorded in 1965–70; WASP + -y 1
Example Sentences
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For years, it was WASPy, long-legged girls, with a tennis racket over one shoulder and a touch-me-not attitude.
From Los Angeles Times
She was a privileged, WASPy woman with a superiority complex and a misjudged view of her own talents.
From Salon
"A story about a Jewish guy from the Bronx living with his shiksa wife" in the waspy world of southern California was, he says, “exactly the right story to be telling post 9/11.”
From Salon
She is a WASPy tradwife before that term was coined on social media.
From Salon
"You see, for my father here, a poor struggling Jew growing up in the Bronx, well . . . Christmas, it meant Chinese food and movie. And for my mom over here — WASPy McWASP — well, it meant a tree, it meant stockings and all the trimmings."
From Salon
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