Wheatley

Wheatley is an English surname, most notably borne by Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753–1784), the first African American woman to publish a book of poetry.

The name also appears in place names across England and America.

In video game culture, Wheatley is the bumbling robotic sphere from *Portal 2*: Wheatley's incompetence nearly destroys the facility.

humor

sarcasm

Irony used to mock

rambling · absurdity · self-deprecation · awkwardness · obliviousness · witty · blundering · monologue · improvisation · deadpan

betrayal

treachery

Deliberate violation of trust

disloyalty · deception · turncoat · usurper · corruption · megalomania · villainy · redemption · final confrontation

character

antagonist

One who opposes another

maniacal · naive · cowardly · talkative · apologetic · nervous · sentience · manipulation · betrayer · sidekick

Portal2

GLaDOS

incinerator · moron

Categories
Opposites
literary/cultural representation

WheatleyThomas Jefferson

Third American president

George Washington

social position and agency

Wheatleyslaveholders

Owners of enslaved people

plantation owners · landed gentry

AI morality/competence

WheatleyGLaDOS

competent · genius · clever · brilliant · HAL 9000

Family

wheat, wheats, wheaten, ley

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G