Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Wienerwurst.
  • noun A frankfurter.
  • noun Vulgar Slang A penis.

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  • noun US a sausage made from beef, chicken or pork, also a hot dog
  • noun UK a frankfurter
  • noun US, colloquial penis
  • noun US, colloquial someone who is nervous or afraid to partake in certain activities
  • noun US, UK, colloquial , an irritating or disliked person

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[German, short for Wienerwurst; see wienerwurst.]

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From German Wienerwurst, from wiener (“of Vienna, Viennese”) +‎ Wurst (“sausage”), because sausages were originally made in Vienna, Austria.

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  • WeirdNet, working its magic once again.

    November 26, 2007

  • Wow! I'll say!

    November 26, 2007

  • Poor guy. If only he knew....

    November 26, 2007

  • Funny, I thought that was Miles Dyson. Though I guess he was kind of a wiener too, wasn't he?

    November 26, 2007

  • Was he the one who invented the Dyson Sphere?

    November 27, 2007

  • No, that was Freeman Dyson. Miles invented Skynet.

    November 27, 2007

  • So who invented the bagless, dual-cyclone vacuum cleaner?

    November 27, 2007

  • That was James Dyson.

    No, I don't know these things. I just use Wikipedia. :-P

    November 27, 2007

  • What is it with all these Dysons inventing things?

    November 27, 2007

  • They're good at slicin and dyson.

    November 27, 2007

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    February 7, 2011

  • guffaww-gee

    February 7, 2011

  • Oh! How about "guffow?"

    February 7, 2011