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Is water wet?
Topic Started: Apr 24 2016, 05:33 PM (312 Views)
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You've probably all heard the expression, used for when someone states the obvious: "In other news, water is wet"


Wet definition: "covered or saturated with water or another liquid."

So...surely water can't be wet if it IS water? It can't be covered in itself as a liquid.
Ice opens up a whole 'nother can of wtf 'cause it's solid but can technically be covered in water, however that water is usually just itself melting so is it technically wet or just...water?

I guess you could call water wet if it was covered in oil or another liquid that doesn't mix with it?


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My Dear Melancholy,

Pour water onto the floor

Then pour more water on top of it.

Now the water is wet

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Hmm, strange. I've never actually used 'wet' to describe 'water', I don't think. I guess you're right, only things that get inflicted with water or other liquids would be considered wet.
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Water is only wet if Chuck Norris waters it.

(Was that a good one? ^haha)
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Greetings. I will be your waifu this season.

QueenTD
Apr 24 2016, 05:46 PM
Pour water onto the floor

Then pour more water on top of it.

Now the water is wet

But is the water wetting the original water or just adding to the wetness?


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Water is only wet if Chuck Norris waters it.


That's brilliant in an awful way :p


I've never really considered this before but had to think of a sarcastic reply to someone saying "In other news, water is wet" and I was just like holy s***, is water wet? Can it even be wet!?

So technically speaking, no unless it's in solid form I guess.
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There's more than 1 definition

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consisting of, containing, covered with, or soaked with liquid (as water)

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Greetings. I will be your waifu this season.

That one makes less sense though...

So...a bottle of water is wet because it contains water? Or is just the water inside it wet?

The Oxford definition is what I posted although way down as a mass noun it says: "Liquid that makes something damp"

So does that make some liquids not wet since not all can make things damp...

And what of things that can't get damp? Is water not wet in relation to waterproof materials?


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No. It's blue.
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Yes, water is wet.
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Apr 24 2016, 11:11 PM
No. It's blue.
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