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Wilma

name
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A female given name, originally a shortened form of Wilhelmina.
"Her grandmother was named Wilma, after a great-aunt."
intj
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A stand-in word for "wilco" ("will comply") used when spelling things out with the NATO-style phonetic alphabet for the letter W.
"The pilot radioed back "Wilma copy" to confirm the instruction."

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In plain EnglishMostly a woman's name; occasionally a radio-communication stand-in for "wilco."

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