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#1 2006-08-20 01:14:45

illoe
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Registered: 2006-08-20
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waifer thin for wafer thin

Caught in the wilds of Craigslist (http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/wdc/51976073.html), used to describe a girl.

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#2 2006-08-20 01:19:08

illoe
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Re: waifer thin for wafer thin

Context absent in the top post:

“Seemed silly to me because she is a professional model and <b>waifer thin<\b> but whatever. ”

The standard usage is “wafer thin,” but this variant makes a nice allusion to “waif.”

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