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wet adjective- of a woman, sexually excited; ready for sex UK, 1937
Not recorded before 1937 but surely in use much earlier. - e began to knead his fist against the opening of my vagina [...] I was wet now. — Alice Sebold, Lucky, p. 9, 1999
- in politics, willing to compromise UK
Adopted from the sense “weak, lacking in effectiveness”; in this context often as Tory “wet” (see following citation). - Mrs Thatcher has coined the word “wet” to denounce those Conservatives who fail to share her assertive and abrasive convictions. — New Society, p. 102, 17 April 1980
- The he watched as his wet team headed for the chain-link fence. — Stephen J. Cannell, White Sister, p. 219, 2006
- weak, lacking in effectiveness UK, 1916
Upper-class society use. - Synonym for weedy[.] — Ann Barr and Peter York, The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook, p. 159, 1982
- foolish NEW ZEALAND, 2002
- Any man who thinks and reads beyond the immediate requirements of getting a good job is a fool–“wet”, “gormless”, dilberry’ etc. — Landfall, p. 221
- excellent US
- — Ebony Magazine, p. 156, August 2000: “How to talk to the new generation”
- pertaining to killing US
- Our client heard somebody named Texaco Phillips offer Demo Williams five hundred dollars to help out with some wet work. — Stephen J. Cannell, King Con, p. 73, 1992
- Strike had been so overwhelmed with his decision to get wet and do this that at first he hadn’t given the target more than a passing thought. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 71, 1992
- permitting the purchase and consumption of alcoholic beverages US
- Voters have three choices in addition to voting all-out wet. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Chicago Confidential, p. 141, 1950
- (said of a doll fetishist) emotionally attached to the doll US
- If I really have to place myself in either of the category, I guess I call under the “wet” user. Before you go gasping and shout “DAWN YOU TALK TO YOUR DOLLS?!” IMHO, I must really emphasize some points and fats as acoll/collector/owner/lover. — The Great One, peanutstory.wordpress.com, 20 May 2008: Dutch wives V.S. Resin Dolls
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