"w/e" meaning in English

See w/e in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: e [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} e (not comparable)
  1. (text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of whenever. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Alternative form of: whenever Related terms: whatever and whatevs
    Sense id: en-w/e-en-adv-AbNMTSZi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 18 13 25 17 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 20 20 16 24 20

Interjection

Forms: e [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} e
  1. (text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of whatever. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: whatever
    Sense id: en-w/e-en-intj-ZkKsOgGM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 18 13 25 17 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 20 20 16 24 20

Noun

Forms: e [canonical], ees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} e (plural ees)
  1. Initialism of week ending. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: week ending
    Sense id: en-w/e-en-noun-TBoRS~8O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 18 13 25 17 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 20 20 16 24 20
  2. Abbreviation of weekend. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: weekend
    Sense id: en-w/e-en-noun-iv2VyqlB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 18 13 25 17 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 20 20 16 24 20

Pronoun

Forms: e [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} e, {{en-pronoun}} e
  1. (text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of whatever. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: whatever
    Sense id: en-w/e-en-pron-ZkKsOgGM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 18 13 25 17 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 20 20 16 24 20

Inflected forms

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