(wiː ) British, Australian and New Zealand informal. noun. 1. a. the act or an instance of urinating.
This slang term is most often used online and in text messages to describe something or someone who is small or tiny in stature.
From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġe (“weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”) and *wēgǭ (“weight”), related to Middle English weġan (“to move, weigh”) (15c).
I've got a wee kitten in the flat. He just needs to calm down a wee bit. He said he wanted to wee. The baby has done a wee in his potty.
wee in British English
(wiː ) adjective. 1. very small; tiny; minute.
Many words spoken by Scottish people can be determined without too much effort. “Aye” means “yes”, “wee” means “little or small” and “nae” means “no”.
(especially Scottish English) very small in size. a wee girl.
I definitely grew up with Australian English wee, in both noun and verb form instead of pee. Both of these forms have a much more recent history, verb wee is first attested in 1934 and noun wee in 1968, and are considered British forms by the OED.
For example, the adjective wee is almost exclusively used in parts of Scotland, North East England, Northern Ireland, Ireland, and occasionally Yorkshire, whereas the adjective little is predominant elsewhere.
adjective, we·er, we·est. little; very small. very early: in the wee hours of the morning.
^ Wee – small, short (e.g. that will take a wee while) ^ Whinge – to complain about something. ^ Wobbly – to have a tantrum or get very upset about. something. There are many websites you can use to find out the meanings of New Zealand slang.
The most popular and widespread modern use of the term is as a slang expletive in Irish English, employed as a less serious alternative to the expletive "fuck" to express disbelief, surprise, pain, anger, or contempt.
: very small or very young. He's just a wee lad.
Americans don't usually use wee, but we understand it.
Loo. Despite being a very British word for toilet, 'loo' is actually derived from the French phrase 'guardez l'eau', which means 'watch out for the water'.
Wee. A word that you can expect to hear in most sentences over here is 'wee'. The term is a longstanding Irish (and Scottish) way of saying 'little'.
Then you've got words like caiket and mocket, both meaning dirty, and hacket, meaning ugly. Another favorite (or favourite, as the Scots would say) and most-used pieces of slang is mingin' – a word with many uses, none of which are very complimentary.
[singular] an act of passing liquid waste (called urine) from your body. to do/have a wee.
Jobby (Job-eh)
Poo. Faeces or an insult. One of the best words in the Scottish language.
Scotland has the word “wee” and Wales has “dwt”. Dwt is typically used for something or someone who is small, though it's reserved for children.
Prostitute, considered an offensive term by most sex workers' rights activists.
“By the mid-20th century it's become a minced oath, so it's not considered offensive anymore, really,” says Bergen. Depending where you live, though, you might never hear “friggin'” from anyone except the Real Housewives. Where do people say “freakin'” compared with “friggin'”?
Durrie: Cigarette. “Hey bro, lend us a durrie!” Sweet as: Cool, awesome or no problem.