does any one know what W.A.S.P stands for it is to do with social services or school welfare some i know needs

Answer 1

I only know it as White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, the ideal of U. S. people.

Answer 2

Most dictionaries warn the term is often derogatory or insulting. Northeastern WASPs today refer to themselves as "yankees."

WASP is an American folk-sociological term for a member of the "white establishment". Although the word is derived from an acronym for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, in practice its use has expanded beyond the strict meaning of the acronym; in use, it is frequently derogatory. Working class whites are usually not designated WASPs, even if they are Protestants of British descent. Alternatively WASP can stand for Wealthy Anglo-Saxon Protestant.

Use of the term WASP is growing in other English-speaking countries which were also colonized by the British, such as Australia. If the W is taken to indicate White, WASP is redundant, since Anglo-Saxons can only be white. But one could be White and Protestant, without being Anglo-Saxon, e.g. Irish, Welsh, Highland Scottish. Therefore WASP does serve to differentiate the very specific former religious-racial governing class of parts of the British Empire, and the inheritors of their legacy.

Answer 3

It means' White Anglo Saxon Protestants.

Answer 4

White Anglo-Saxon Protestant

Answer 5

White Anglo-Saxon Protestant/Person

Answer 6

W.A.S.P When I was at school it meant Wider Access for School Projects, and was to do with funding for trips, gaming equipment etc.

Answer 7

It's a pejorative term for white folks... "White Anglo-Saxon Protestants"

Answer 8

From this site http://www.acronymfinder.com/ I found these:


WaSP - Web Standards Project
WASP - Workplace Analysis Scheme for Proficiency (UK)
WASP - World Association for Social Psychiatry
WASP - Work Action Safety Plan (construction sites)

Answer 9

White (or Wealthy) Anglo-Saxon Protestant

Answer 10

the only thing i have ever heard was White Anglo Saxon Protestant