Meanings
- informalAn assessment of the visual design elements of a consumer product (e.g. a home music system).
Synonyms: WAF
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn assessment of the visual design elements of a consumer product (e.g. a home music system).
Origin
* First used by Larry Greenhill in September 1983, writing for Stereophile magazine, but Greenhill credited fellow reviewer and music professor Lewis Lipnick with coining the term. * The implication is that men tend to appreciate the performance of a product whereas women focus on aesthetics.
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wife acceptance factor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wife%20acceptance%20factor
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