Talk:whig

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whig[edit]

Claimed to be a variant of wig - any evidence for this? Citations? Extant, archaic or obsolete? — Paul G 17:42, 24 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

This sense not in OED2+. --Enginear 22:00, 24 February 2007 (UTC)Reply
Hunted about on Google, doesn't even seem to be an erroneous spelling. It is certainly an intentional misspelling, with various political references. And there is Hound Dog Taylor's Give me back my whig. (Not. It is really spelled "wig" ;-) Robert Ullmann 22:22, 24 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

RFV failed. Sense removed. —RuakhTALK 00:32, 1 June 2007 (UTC)Reply