# Aussie slang - whats a WAG girl? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-slang-whats-a-wag-girl/588214 "2011-07-07T18:08:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-slang-whats-a-wag-girl/588214/1 "2011-07-07T18:08:34Z")
I’ve been watching the current season of the Aussie version of Dancing with the Stars. Two of the ladies on the show are called WAGS on the show and in print. What does that stand for? Hope it’s not nasty. 😛 > [@](#): > > It is understood the tension between the\*\* former cricket WAGs\*\* is a result of Bingle flirting with Bracken’s husband, Nathan, who’s fighting his own feud. [http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/confidential/fights-put-dancers-in-a-whirl/story-e6freq7o-1226081930174](http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/confidential/fights-put-dancers-in-a-whirl/story-e6freq7o-1226081930174) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-slang-whats-a-wag-girl/588214/2 "2011-07-07T18:10:59Z")
[Wives and girlfriends](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAGs). ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-slang-whats-a-wag-girl/588214/3 "2011-07-07T18:14:14Z")
Also widely used in the UK, but more often in connection with footballers. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-slang-whats-a-wag-girl/588214/4 "2011-07-07T18:14:16Z")
That’s easy to remember. Thanks 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-slang-whats-a-wag-girl/588214/5 "2011-07-08T12:33:45Z")
That’s very strange. I’ve lived in Australia most of my life but never heard that of that term before I read it here. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-slang-whats-a-wag-girl/588214/6 "2011-07-08T12:41:15Z")
> [@Imasquare](#): > > That’s very strange. I’ve lived in Australia most of my life but never heard that of that term before I read it here. That’s because it’s actually a UK term that has only just started to make it into the lexicon over here in the last couple of years. Definitely it’s only made it into mainstream media usage within less than the last 5 years. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-slang-whats-a-wag-girl/588214/7 "2011-07-08T14:51:22Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > That’s because it’s actually a UK term that has only just started to make it into the lexicon over here in the last couple of years. Definitely it’s only made it into mainstream media usage within less than the last 5 years. Well, it’s only been mainstream in the UK since the 2006 World Cup coverage. But it did get used a LOT during that. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-slang-whats-a-wag-girl/588214/8 "2011-07-08T22:25:20Z")
I’ve seen it used in reference to American professional sportsmen’s consorts once or twice. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-slang-whats-a-wag-girl/588214/9 "2011-07-08T23:18:46Z")
Thought it meant “Wild Ass Girls”. Like “Wild Ass Guess.”