Wasp
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editWasp (plural Wasps)
- Alternative letter-case form of WASP
- 1969 January 17, “Essay: Are the WASPS Coming Back? Have They Ever Been Away?”, in Time[1], →ISSN:
- Purists like to confine Wasps to descendants of the British Isles; less exacting analysts are willing to throw in Scandinavians, Netherlanders and Germans. At the narrowest, Wasps form a select band of well-heeled, well-descended members of the Eastern Establishment; at the widest, they include Okies and Snopeses, "Holy Rollers" and hillbillies.