Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Women in the Air Force
- noun A member of the Women in the Air Force, organized after World War II, but now no longer a separate branch.
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
waff . - An obsolete preterit of
weave .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- initialism "Wife acceptance factor"
- initialism "What a Fag"
- initialism "Women Against Fundamentalism"
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The name WAF stands for WPF Application Framework.
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WAFs in general are prone to bypass, so testing the backend without a WAF is a good idea.
The Web Security Mailing List (WASC) "Sylvain Gil" sylvain@xxxxxxxxxxx 2009
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But many enterprises still struggle with the question of which kind of WAF to purchase and how best to integrate them into their Web application risk management portfolio.
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"WAF," he explains, "stands for "'wife acceptance factor,' a term commonly used nowadays that means, simply, you will not have to say, 'Oh, hi sweetheart I took all your mementos down from the shelf and replaced them with this big speaker.'
Ellen Sterling: The Sound of Music Just Keeps Getting Better So That Today It Is Astounding Ellen Sterling 2011
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My dad was an RAF squadron leader and my mom was WAF—Women's Air Force.
The Rocker Who Aged Gracefully Steve Dougherty 2011
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This means they cannot be excessively ugly, large or loud (WAF rears its ugly head once more …)
MythTV and Me 2009
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A principios del mes de noviembre de 2009, entre los días 4 y 6, se celebró en Barcelona la segunda edición del WAF, el World Architecture Festival.
Ganadores del World Architecture Festival 2009 | [bauen] 2009
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These greatly ease the process of getting a functioning system with a high “WAF” together in a reasonable amount of time.
MythTV and Me 2009
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"WAF," he explains, "stands for "'wife acceptance factor,' a term commonly used nowadays that means, simply, you will not have to say, 'Oh, hi sweetheart I took all your mementos down from the shelf and replaced them with this big speaker.'
Ellen Sterling: The Sound of Music Just Keeps Getting Better So That Today It Is Astounding Ellen Sterling 2011
hugovk commented on the word WAF
WAF, n.
The Guardian, 29 November 2015:
December 28, 2015
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December 30, 2015