Meanings
- abbreviationnatural sciencesAbbreviation of many-worlds interpretation.
- abbreviationuncountablenatural sciencesAbbreviation of microwave irradiation.
comparative more MWI · superlative most MWI
- InternetScotlandUKabbreviationespeciallyinitialismInitialism of mad with it (“extremely drunk or intoxicated”).
'Getting MWI', apparently short for Getting Mad With It (or in other words, drunk).
[2011, Tanya Cooke, Help! I'm a Facebookaholic: Inside the Crazy World of Social Networking, London: John Blake Publishing, →ISBN, page 1854 more examples
The live stream was under way and a total of 1.3million folk tuned in to see me blether with [Ewan] McGregor about blasting Born Slippy at empties and if Irvine Welsh had the Monday aff work to get MWI – mad wae it – after the premiere.
2017 January 27, Grado, “I got blanked by Robert Carlyle for calling him Boaby but I felt like luckiest man on the world at T2 Trainspotting premiere”, in Daily Record, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2022It seemed like a great idea at the time. It was New Year's Day, I was slightly rough (okay completely still MWI) and there seemed absolutely no time like the present to ditch the fags for good as my 2019 resolution.
2019 January 31, “The Glasgow Live girls give up their vices for January”, in Glasgow Live, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2022Sharing his purchase, Andy posted: "Really need to stay aff that wish when I'm mwi"
2020 July 3, David Irvine, “KFC share hilarious response to Scot who bought KFC tracksuit from Wish when he was 'mwi'”, in The Scottish Sun, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2021not just saying this cos im mwi and have ran^([sic]) out of booze but it's actually criminal that scotland has an alcohol curfew
2021 May 20, @normaltiffany, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2023
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MWI. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MWI
“MWI.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MWI. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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