General
wag1
What does wag1 mean?
What's going on? — the standard MLE greeting, shortened for text and DMs. The '1' is just 'wan' typed lazy. Opens almost every WhatsApp chat between London teenagers.
"Wag1 bro, you down for football later?"
Origin
From Jamaican Patois 'wah gwaan' (what's going on). Anglicised as 'wagwan' in UK road slang from the 1990s; the 'wag1' spelling emerged with text/SMS culture in the late 2000s.
Frequently asked questions
What does wag1 mean?
Wag1 is the texted form of 'wagwan,' meaning 'what's going on?' It's a casual greeting.
How do you use wag1 in a sentence?
"Wag1, you out tonight or what?"
Where does wag1 come from?
It's a shorthand spelling of 'wagwan,' which comes from 'what's going on' and is rooted in Jamaican Patois and British urban slang.
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