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wie·ner

   [wee-ner]
noun
1.
frankfurter.
2.
Vienna sausage.
Also, wie·ner·wurst  [wee-ner-wurst, -woorst] .

Origin:
1865–70, Americanism; < German, short for Wiener Wurst Viennese sausage

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Wie·ner

   [wee-ner]
noun
Norbert, 1894–1964, U.S. mathematician: pioneer in cybernetics.
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wiener or wienerwurst (ˈwiːnə, ˈwiːnəˌwɜːst)
 
—n
(US), (Canadian) wienie, Also called: weenie a kind of smoked beef or pork sausage, similar to a frankfurter
 
[C20: shortened from German Wiener Wurst Viennese sausage]
 
wienerwurst or wienerwurst (ˈwiːnə, ˈwiːnəˌwɜːst, ˈwiːnɪ)
 
—n
 
[C20: shortened from German Wiener Wurst Viennese sausage]

Wiener (ˈwiːnə)
 
—n
Norbert (ˈnɔːbət). 1894--1964, US mathematician, who developed the concept of cybernetics

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wiener
1904, shortening of wienerwurst (1889), from Ger. Wiener "of Vienna" (from Wien "Vienna," from L. Vindo-bona, from Gaulish vindo-, from Celt. vindo- "white;" cf. O.Ir. find, Welsh gwyn "white;" see Gwendolyn) + Wurst "sausage." Clipped form wienie is attested from 1911.
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Extensive pejorative senses developed from its penis-like shape.
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wiener

highly seasoned sausage, traditionally of mixed pork and beef. Frankfurters are named for Frankfurt am Main, Ger., the city of their origin, where they were sold and eaten at beer gardens.

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