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Can you suggest meanings for the word "whar" that I typed by mistake?

Asked by janbb (63219points) January 14th, 2018

I have no idea what word I meant to use.

Humor highly encouraged! Extra lurve for etymologies.

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chyna's avatar

Up in the hollers of West Virginia “whar” is used in place of “where.”
“Whar is that dad blasted coon hound?”

NomoreY_A's avatar

Whar did you make the mistake at? Over yonder thar?

snowberry's avatar

You forgot the L on the end, as in, “ i’ll give it a whirl.”

marinelife's avatar

It’s from a 1970 song: “Whar, huh, what is it good for? Absolutely nuthin’.”

zenvelo's avatar

Originally a derivation of wharf, whar used to describe an unloading place that used to be on the water, but is now far from the water’s edge because of infill. The now useless pier is still used to store things while in transit, but is not in a position to load directly onto ships.

There is a misconception/folk etymology that it is related to warehouse, but in actuality it is because someone went to a former wharf and said “What the F!” and figured the F was superfluous.

elbanditoroso's avatar

That little floozie dancing around in nothing and trying to find rich men! She’s just a what, I tell you, just a girl who does it for money!

stanleybmanly's avatar

it’s obviously another of the penguin’s portmanteaus. This time a combination of what & where.

janbb's avatar

@stanleybmanly And it’s very hard to carry a portmanteau when you only have flippers!

filmfann's avatar

It’s the past tense of confefe.

CWOTUS's avatar

covfefe

Kardamom's avatar

Whar I to speculate, I’d say ya made a mistake. Looky, I made a rhyme!

Patty_Melt's avatar

It seems to me you typoed, with a missed word just before.
Try this, ”...try what zenvelo did, and…”

ucme's avatar

Whar, what is it good for?
Absolutely bugger all…

Dutchess_III's avatar

“Thar she blow!”
“Whar she blow??”

Dutchess_III's avatar

It’s hard to carry a kathmandu without a carrier.

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