perpendicular pronoun
slang (originally US )
noun
The personal pronoun ‘I’, typically with implication of egotism on the part of a person speaking or writing in the first person.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. With allusion to the appearance of the capital letter ‘I’ on the printed page.
- willingly
- willingness
- Williston
- williwaw
- Willkie, Wendell
- will-o'-the-wisp
- willow
- willow grouse
- willowherb
- willow pattern
- willow ptarmigan
- willow tit
- willow tree
- willow warbler
- willowware
- willow wren
- willowy
- willpower
- Wills Moody, Helen
- Wills, William John
- will the real —— please stand up
- willy
- willy-nilly
- willy wagtail
- willy-willy