Meanings
- slangAdded to a variety of vulgar terms and insults for an obnoxious person to create new insults.
Numerous wad factions, including the dickwad, dipwad, jerkwad and fuckwad groups, refused to participate in the wad accord.
1999 February 10, “Gaywads, Dorkwads Sign Historic Wad Accord”, in The OnionSynonyms: -head
Synonyms & antonyms
suffixAdded to a variety of vulgar terms and insults for an obnoxious person to create new insults.
Origin
From wad (“a mass; a pile”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
-wad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-wad
“-wad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-wad. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-wad,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-wad.
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