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Old 09-23-2006, 01:28 AM   #5
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I think this is slang that has entered the language in the past few decades - I don't recall its use in my younger years. I would go by the definitions at:

www.peevish.co.uk/slang/w.htm (feeble; emotional; effeminate)

and

www.artistwd.com/joyzine/australia/strine/w-3.php (1. weak; feeble; spiritless. 2. stupid; senseless)

I think I've generally taken to understanding it as a contraction (and development) of "wet behind the ears" - see for example:

www.answers.com/topic/wet-behind-the-ears

maybe also associated with limpness which may result from being wet. But maybe I'm just guessing.
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