A fork of Rural Dictionary
The word "whet" was invented by Blair Stephenson and Afina Henry of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. It serves as a replacement for the words, "cool", "hot", "awesome", etc.
used when a situation is awkward and deserves no response because the comment was to dumb to answer with a real answer. Not associated with "wit"
Wife:Hey honey we should have 12 kids... Dude: whet? Dude: I think your mom is hot man! Dude 2: whet?
The question on the mind of all betches; the word often follows a line of saying "wait" over and over again to slow down the speaker.
Person A: What do you think about this author? Betch: Whet? Person A: I love beautiful sunsets? Betch: Whet? Person A: I can't believe he killed himself! Think, he's gone, dead....forever! Betch: Whet? (Room full of people talking, the betch is spacing out and decides to interject) Betch: Wait, wait, wait, wait........Whet?