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English word origin

Etymology of WAP

The use of WAP to mean "wet-ass pussy" was popularized, if not coined, by the August 2020 Cardi B song WAP.

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The source etymologies

Wiktionary via Kaikki / Wiktextract

The source reports below are imported and unreviewed by *SET-U. Separate numbered origins and differing source variants are preserved; agreement within this extraction is not independent corroboration.

Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

Initialism of wireless access point. · Initialism of whey acidic protein. · Initialism of wet-ass pussy.

name

Wireless Application Protocol, an open international standard for applications that use wireless communication, such as Internet access from a cellular phone.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

The use of WAP to mean "wet-ass pussy" was popularized, if not coined, by the August 2020 Cardi B song WAP.

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Source and snapshot

Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

Dump: 2026-10-01 · Extracted: 2026-10-30. These are snapshot dates, not the word’s first attestation or the page’s revision date.

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