A fork of Rural Dictionary
Military slang for the perimeter around a forward operating base or patrol base. Except in very remote and sparsely built/manned outposts inside the wire is safer than some bad neighborhoods in the USA. If its a larger base there might even be a McDonalds and Starbucks inside the wire. Outside the wire is enemy territory and is where all the combat and danger happens. Time spent outside the wire is often a direct measure of how experienced a military member is in their combat arms occupation. If one spends too much time inside The Wire they risk becoming a Fobbit.
Grunt: You going with us outside the wire on our next op? Might get to see some action. Fobbit: Well... I would love to, but you see, I have this thing at that one place with the people and gosh, I just can't get permission from my unit to go along with you guys!
1. Displaying or feeling or stating things that would lead others to believe you are overly stimulated or hyperactive due to the influence of sugar, caffeine, or other substances such as amphetamines 2. Extremely excited about something. 3. Connected to the Internet.
1) That extra cup of coffee has me so wired I'm going to stay up all night writing Urban Dictionary entries! 2) I'm wired about getting wired to the Dark Web!
(adj. informal) broken, dis-functional, crazy, insane, makeshift, inefficient, awry, disarranged, chaotic also known as "haywire", but has growing popularity amongst the tech/IT support community. Originated on the UW-Madison campus while having technical difficulties with a piece of old computer equipment.
Our stressed out boss has gone a-wire
Another term for the world wide web; the internet.
Did you find anything interesting on The Wired today?
Best show on HBO that no one has ever watched. Main reason for streaming HBO to your Apple TV, although you still won't watch it.
"Hey Dave, I just started streaming The Wire on Apple TV. Have you watched it?" Dave replies, "Not yet but I've been meaning to for 14 years."