A fork of Rural Dictionary
1. A wet: drippy, feeble, person with a wishy-washy personality, and no drive, content to float though life hanging onto someone elses 'apron-strings' A wet personality. Big Wet - monsoon conditions - heavy 'tropical' rain - giving rise to local flooding resulting from Climate Change and Global Warming. See seperate definition. 2. A wet: an opponent to the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, esp. in the US (1920–33).
"I remember at school the trendy local priest once tried to persuade my class that even though Jesus sounds like a bit of a wet, he was actually very cool in real life." "As soon as Charlie could walk I led him 'round to his home. Oh, but he was a wet fellow! As soon as I got him in the hallway, I said, 'So long, Charlie!' and sneaked away." President Hoover had turned him down because he was a Wet Catholic. Angela’s former flatmate, smokes like a chimney, can’t bear Karen’s wet personality. J John must have realised the wet personality of his crowd because he seemed to change pace immediately and within moments had them eating out of his hand. Simmons did not oppose Smith’s Catholicism, but was against him because he was a “wet,” i.e. an opponent of prohibition;
A voracious, predatory, highly competitive, ruthless, alpha male/female. Often misspelt Pirhana
From the 'Apprentice'. One contestant observing the fish swimming at the London Aquarium, mused to a finalist'They're piranhas? But they look so friendly' You haven't seen their teeth' the finalist replies wearily. After 12 weeks in pursuit of the coveted job,he was covered in the nasty bite marks of his fellow contestants.
Anyone who moves into a new community. An asylum seeker, refugee, or economic migrant
"The housing and associated needs of new incomer populations of refugees and asylum seekers" "Nothing quite prepares an incomer from the city to the country for the non-stop noise" "A number of Austrians share the Europe-wide fear of the Polish plumber, the incomer who takes all the jobs"
Anyone who moves into a new community: an economic migrant refugee or asylum seeker.
"The housing and associated needs of new incomer populations of refugees and asylum seekers" "Nothing quite prepares an incomer from the city to the country for the non-stop noise" "A number of Austrians share the Europe-wide fear of the Polish plumber, the incomer who takes all the jobs"
A fussy, indecisive individual, prone to procrastination, dithering between tasks,and who is easily distracted and achieves very little. In-two-minds, he/she flops from one thing to another and starts all over again. "A faffer is the enemy of time, effortlessly consuming it while pretending to be constructive" - Quote
George emptied his rucksack and reordered the contents putting his shaving gear at the top, deciding he would need it first when he got off the plane, changed his mind and replaced it with his route map. What a faffer! At the last minute he wanted a pee, and the airport coach left without him. Elmerdale was a wet. His girl-friend always had to tell him what to do. Left on his own he would faff his life away with trivial, unimportant tasks, getting in a muddle, forgetting the things that mattered. He polished his glasses three times before a stranger at the next table reminded him he had cleaned them already and pointed out his shirt cuffs were soaked with tea.