| 释义 |
Wheneye, n. slang and derog.|ˈhwɛnaɪ|
Also When-eye, Whennie |ˈhwɛnɪ|.
[Respelling of phr. ‘When I (was..)’.]
A person (esp. a visitor or foreigner) who exasperates listeners by continually recounting tales of his or her own former exploits.
1982Age (Melbourne) 8 Feb. 16, I met my first Wheneye in the corner of a bar overlooking the sea on the north shore of a small island. 1983Daily Mirror 25 Aug. 13/1 The [Falkland] islanders now call members of HM Forces ‘Whennies’. The reason for this? ‘When I stormed Goose Green’, ‘When I took Tumbledown’, ‘When I entered Stanley...’ And so on. 1990Independent 1 June 19/5 In the Isle of Man..the incomers are known to the locals as the ‘Wheneyes’ from their habit of harking eternally back to their former lives, saying ‘when I was chairman’ of this that or the other company. |