Meaning of wet noodle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A noodle that is freshly made, before it dries out and becomes rigid.
2. A means of enacting a mild or ineffective symbolic punishment.
3. A wimp.
4. Someone or something that is limp, relaxed, or weak.
5. A man with erectile dysfunction.
   slang
6. A flaccid penis.
   slang
7. A weak handshake.

Examples

“I think⟳ I understand⟳ police states and things like⟳ that. They are not intimidated by being whipped with a wet⟳ noodle, and Jackson-Vanik is a wet⟳ noodle.”

“The wet⟳ noodle punishment argument is that it is in practice impossible to punish⟳, e.g., a committed rape with beating the offender with a wet⟳ noodle.”

““Yeah, if they get⟳ out of line, I'll beat⟳ 'em with a wet⟳ noodle!” Mark⟳ chuckles.”

“If you think⟳ your brand isn't important, you need⟳ to hit yourself with a wet⟳ noodle and then crack open⟳ this book.”

“There, I said it, but we'll get⟳ out the wet⟳ noodle later.”

“I am a wet⟳ noodle, she had said sadly to Sister Albertine.”

“He claimed to be an old army paratrooper, but talked like⟳ a social working wet⟳ noodle.”

“They may be just a "wet⟳ noodle" who has had some negative experiences in the conventional business world that caused them to be defensive in their attitude.”

“Mr. Masters was a little bit of a wet⟳ noodle during their last⟳ trip⟳.”

“Lord Dr. Roland Remington Esquire JD PhD was a limp wet⟳ noodle of a man who seemed to be an identical twin as the character “smiling Bob” from the iconic Extenze male enhancement television commercials.”

“Because I, on the other hand, am pretty much a wet⟳ noodle who moonlights as a peacemaker.”

“A day in the water in any weather need⟳ not turn⟳ you into a cold, wet⟳ noodle if you suit⟳ up in the proper attire.”

“I wouldn't go as far as Robert Samuelson did in Newsweek in referring to your plan⟳ as a wet⟳ noodle. It seems that somewhere between a wet⟳ noodle and bold new initiative, we might have⟳ reality.”

“If you're trying to control⟳ that wet⟳ noodle, there's got to be a lot of intelligence behind it in the way of microchips actually out there doing the controlling."”

“As he said “hands,” Hardy hit the boy with a pile-driving right that turned him into a wet⟳ noodle.”

“There are few people who know⟳ which buttons to push⟳ on which meridians to render you a wet⟳ noodle, and Ivan is one of them.”

“All at once she realized that the axis she had been clinging to like⟳ a buoy in the ocean was nothing more than a wet⟳ noodle.”

“The stiffer parts carry⟳ more of the load⟳, whereas a wet⟳ noodle would carry⟳ none.”

“As Stoller says, "perversion is a sturdy word, throbbing with assumptions, while paraphilia is a wet⟳ noodle."”

“He reaches for my hand and runs his finger across my palm. My spine turns into a wet⟳ noodle and I grab⟳ for his hand.”

“"Don't drink⟳ too much tonight. You know⟳ what happens when you drink⟳ too much." She lowered her voice. "You become⟳ a wet⟳ noodle."”

“"A real wet⟳ noodle — I wouldn't have⟳ had him on a bet⟳," Maxine sniffed.”

“Debbie and I would speak⟳ on the phone at least once a day. She made oblique inquiries into how I was feeling sexually, which I brushed off with a few poorly chosen jokes. Looking back, this joking around was a good way to deflect my fears. Call⟳ this the wet⟳ noodle phase.”

“I'm sorry to have⟳ become⟳ the wet⟳ noodle after dinner last⟳ night ... especially after your dance⟳ for me. I will make⟳ amends this evening.”

“TONO: A wet⟳ noodle. That's the explanation I gave to the desk clerk for having to leave⟳ in such a hurry⟳. (He laughs.) A wet⟳ noodle. (He makes the gesture with a flaccid finger.) Oh, Jesus, and the guy understood.”

“Today, she calls her state of sexual boredom chronic and puts the blame⟳ for it on liberated men. “They've gotten so ... There's this little wet⟳ noodle—this little nothing, you know⟳—flapping around between my legs.”

“Warm pleasure replaced cold pain and I looked down at myself... two shriveled up prunes and a wet⟳ noodle.”

“Stinking bastards, think⟳ they are such lovers. Half drunk and half hard. They got a wet⟳ noodle they want⟳ to stick⟳ in you.””

“A good solid handshake tells it all. Beware of the "wet⟳ noodle" handshake, which conveys a weak and unsure character, or using both hands, such as the "politician's handshake" or the "glove," using both hands around your hand.”

“Clearly the "wet⟳ noodle" handshake will not conquer the world and the "knuckle grinder" will not win⟳ friends.”

“On the contrary, anyone who has been on the receiving end⟳ of the proverbial “wet⟳ noodle” handshake also knows what I am talking about.”

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