Waf

[ waf ]

noun

1. a member of the Women in the Air Force, an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Waf¹

1948; W(omen in the) A(ir) F(orce)

Example Sentences

According to WAF, Oman “prohibits the use of several encrypted VoIP applications without an official license.”

From The Verge

The Omani Telecommunications Regulatory Authority told news site WAF that communications applications operating in the country must get a permit from the authority.

From The Verge

The government did not respond immediately to a request for comment, but the telecoms regulator told WAF news website that the application was blocked due to a “lack of proper authorisation”.

From Reuters

While schoolchildren are taught that the Pilgrims left England in search of religious freedom, they also left because, according to one account, “King Jamef waf alwayf up in our bufyneff and unmatched in his defyre for mycromanagyng.”

From Washington Post

This week Pete learned the meaning of an acronym he kept seeing on Reddit, one that, for all his years of audio-tinkering, he didn’t recognise: WAF.

From The Guardian