wet wipe

Definitions

1. A small moistened piece of paper or cloth for cleaning or personal hygiene, often folded and individually wrapped for convenience.
2. An annoying or contemptible person.
   derogatory, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“He opened it and took out a flattened bag of wet⟳ wipes and a packet of sherbet.”

“‘Do you have⟳ to be such a wet⟳ wipe?’ Then she snorted. ‘Whatever. Who cares? Let’s be real – we don’t know⟳ each other, and we’re not going to get⟳ to know⟳ each other. I have⟳ literally no interest⟳ in you. We’re both playing for ourselves.[…]’”

“Thames Water has become⟳ the latest object lesson in the predictable and predicted folly of privatised monopolies, aided by a regulator that’s an even bigger wet⟳ wipe than the fatbergs bunging up the sewers.”

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