Definitions

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  • noun slang whacking; beating

Etymologies

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whack +‎ -age

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Examples

  • With 80 percent of the state's water used by agriculture, these fora describing what CITY folks need to do are just more Sacto whackage.

    Comprehensive Water Reform in California? 2009

  • Since no one has yet defined the word 'tranche,' it's basically a third-party derivative that holds outstanding debt as a counter-risk future Level 3 obligation that expires upon demand, although the underwriting is a bit different in the U.K., however the fixed-income redemption for non-agency securities is still valid for QSPEs under FAS 140 because otherwise there would be major whackage on the morning DAX fix because of the LIBOR spread adjustment disparities.

    Palpatinian tranche. Ann Althouse 2008

  • I was all ready to applaud your excellent whackage, but when I do the search, “trichinosis lab” returns 18,800 results.

    Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Anthropomorphic nipperkin 2005

  • Under normal circumstances, a 50%-plus whackage like we saw should see on balance averages that gain around 70% for about two years.

    Forbes.com: News Wallace Forbes 2011

  • [Um, could this 'uptick' in 'workforce whackage' be due to companies trying to bring their books into line with Wall Street's expectations before they are scheduled to report?]

    Conceptual Guerilla - Central Command in the War of Ideas 2010

  • The lefties seem to mainly be interested in this as an opportunity to snark on the right, claiming that pirate whackage or the lack thereof was set as some kind of definitive right-wing benchmark of Obama's wieniness.

    Jules Crittenden 2009

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