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Why are people using euphemisms here? The sexual reference: WAP stands for "wet ass pussy", popularized by Cardi B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsm4poTWjMs
by forgotmyoldacc 5y ago
Why are people using euphemisms here? The sexual reference: WAP stands for "wet ass pussy", popularized by Cardi B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsm4poTWjMs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsm4poTWjMs. The music video has over 400M views.
- hulitu 5y agoMaybe in some countries. I only knew about the phone use for WAP.
- BuildTheRobots 5y agoXKCD #37 seems relevant... though I'm not willing to put money on where the hyphen is intended in that acronym. https://xkcd.com/37/ https://xkcd.com/37/
- dredmorbius 5y agoI'd managed to forget that usage, though I've commented on it previously (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24396681#24406061 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24396681#24406061). Apparently I've now lost that game. The term (as a word, not an acronym) is also used to refer to self-indulgence, generally among males. That and earlier references suggesting various modes of beat being laid down are what I was referencing with my etymology link above.
- tomc1985 5y agoAccording to GP's link, it looks like the word has been slang for fucking for some time (probably as a verb?) Wonder if that word is where 'fap' comes from (meaning 'to masturbate')
- plorkyeran 5y ago"Fap" began as onomatopoeia popularized by the Sexy Losers webcomic, first appearing in https://www.sexylosers.com/comic/003/ https://www.sexylosers.com/comic/003/ (NSFW in case that wasn't obvious).
- tomc1985 5y agoHoly crap, I grew up reading that comic and never realized it had such a wide audience If there is one thing that really educated me about kink, it's that comic Cool!
- 1_player 5y agoNever heard of it before.