Wakey

English

Etymology

Clipping of Wakefield +‎ -y

Proper noun

Wakey

1. (slang) Short for Wakefield (“city in West Yorkshire”).
   • 2008, Milly Johnson, The Yorkshire Pudding Club:

     Barnsely General? Or are you in that posh private one in Wakey?

   • 2014, Nicholas Rombes, 10/40/70: Constraint as Liberation in the Era of Digital Film Theory:

     Eddie: Alright well I'll steer right clear away from Wakey [Wakefield in West Yorkshire] County Council death squad then.

   • 2020, Stuart Maconie, The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it:

     Yorkshire is a bloody beautiful county. ... there are worse commutes than Manchester to 'Sheff' or 'Wakey' or 'Tarn' across this landscape, past the tough and tender towns and villages: Tintwistle, Edale, Stalybridge, Glossop, Chapel-en-le-Frith and the rest, overlooked by sombre ridges, nestled in those scooped Pennine hollows, dotted by dark, shining reservoirs.