Wag Explained

Wag generally refers to tail wagging by dogs.

Wag, Wags, WAG or WAGS may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Wag (band), a Japanese rock music group, active 1998–2006
• Wag, a character in Kabumpo in Oz (1922)
• Wags the Dog, a mascot in the Australian children's band The Wiggles
• WAGS (TV series), an American reality TV series
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, in Manitoba, Canada
• Women's Art Group, precursor to the Women's Art Movement in Adelaide, South Australia, 1974

Businesses based in the United States

• Wag (brand), a dog food brand by Amazon
• Wag (company), or Wag!, a pet care company
• Wag's, a defunct restaurant chain
• Wag-Aero, an aircraft manufacturer
• WAGS (AM), a defunct radio station
• Warner Animation Group, a corporate division of Warner Bros.

Language

• WAGs, a British slang/journalese acronym for 'wives and girlfriends'
• Wild-Ass Guess, American slang for 'a rough estimate by an expert'
• Taupota language, an Oceanic dialect continuum (ISO 639-3 code: wag)
• Wagging, school truancy, in Commonwealth English slang

People with the nickname

• Charles R. Harding (born), English professional rower
• Charlie Keetley (1906–1979), English footballer
• Fred Waghorne ("Old Wag"; 1865–1956), Canadian ice hockey referee
• Leon Wagner ("Daddy Wags"; 1934–2004), American baseball player
• WAG Pinto (1924–2021), Indian Army general

Places

• Váh (Polish: Wag), a Slovak tributary of the Danube river
• Wag Islands, Nunavut, Canada
• Wag Province, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Sport

• WAGs, slang acronym for 'wives and girlfriends' (of footballers and other sportsmen)
• West Asian Games, a defunct quadrennial event
• Women's artistic gymnastics, a sport
• World Air Games, an international air sports event

Transportation

• Wangaratta railway station, Australia
• Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad, Pennsylvania and New York (reporting mark: WAG)
• Whanganui Airport, New Zealand (IATA code: WAG)
• Wide AC goods, a classification of Indian locomotives

See also

• WAG bag