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    like veronica said, what is money mark?

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    hahaha, good usage! If there's anyone without a backbone...

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    is that like calling someone a wet blanket?

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    Creo que wet podria significar timido, de poco caracter...etc.

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    Yo utilizo este término a menudo como slang. Por ejemplo en referencia a una comadrona que tuve en el hospital que nunca ofrecía ayuda concreta sino comentarios como *oh well she is only little, and I understand, that's babies isn't it". She seemed to be too emotionally empathetic but no help at all. I'd say stupid in an emotional way, if that makes any sense.

    A bit like cheesy, I guess, one of those things people use but are not exactly proper English. (cheesy como cursi)

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    Thumbs up Oh that's funny... I like English "english"

    Now what about the rest of the English slang from Europe... ?

    Can anyone else drop a list of them? That'd be nice to know.

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    It´s not a reference to illegal substances? "Didn´t know you liked to get wet."

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    I've heard "Wet" used very differently in N. Jersey, where I grew up. "Wet" was used expressing something you really liked. i.e. "That whip is Wet".

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    Wet is sometimes used in slang as something really cool or tight.

    That ride is wet.

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    Wet is also slang for a mixture of PCP (Phencyclidine)which is a horse tranquilizer, and embalming fluid (fermaldahide). The psychosis inducing liquid is used to dip cigarettes, blunts, or marijuana joints creating vivid hallucinations for its user.

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