Wally (anonymous)
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Wally (anonymous)
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Wally is a British English expression referring to a "silly or inept person", which later developed into an umbrella term for "vulnerable individuals". It is thought to have originated at a pop festival in the late 1960s or early 1970s; many sources suggest the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. On hearing the name "Wally" being announced many times over a loudspeaker, the crowd took it up as a chant, and random shouts of "Wally" were subsequently heard at rock concerts all over Britain. It was still
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