A wet wipe, also known as a wet towel, or a moist towelette, is a small moistened piece of paper or cloth that often comes folded and individually wrapped for convenience. Wet wipes are used for cleaning purposes, like personal hygiene or household cleaning.

A person who discourages enjoyment or enthusiasm, as in Don’t be such a wet blanket—the carnival will be fun! This expression alludes to smothering a fire with a wet blanket. [ Early 1800s]

If you say that someone is a wet blanket, you are criticizing them because they refuse to join other people in an enjoyable activity or because they want to stop other people enjoying themselves.

1. He was such a wet blanket at the party that they never invited him again.
2. Why be a wet blanket now?
3. Morose Michell wins the wet blanket award.
4. The morose Mitchells wins the wet blanket award.
5. They thought he was a middle aged wet blanket.
6. But there was no large wet blanket to be had.

The expression dates from around the 1870s and is based on the fact that cooks at that time kept a wet blanket in the kitchen to smother fires quickly. This practice dates back at least to the mid-1600s. It is easy to see the parallel between extinguishing a fire and extinguishing someone’s joy.

a wet blanket INFORMAL. If you call someone a wet blanket, you mean that they stop other people from enjoying themselves by being boring or miserable.

(D) Wet wiping cloths shall be laundered daily. (E) Dry wiping cloths shall be laundered as necessary to prevent contamination of food and clean serving utensils.

wet wipe in British English (wɛt waɪp) a disposable moistened paper towel.

On Love Island if someone describes you as a melt, it’s usually because they think you’re being over-the-top or pathetic. The word melt originates from the Greek ‘meldein’, meaning to liquefy or dissolve. Example sentence: ‘Kem is an absolute melt’

Pieing or a pie attack is the act of throwing a pie at a person. In pieing, the goal is usually to humiliate the victim while avoiding actual injury.

English Language Learners Definition of muggy : unpleasantly warm and humid.

Punching: one of my favorite terms, which is more commonly used by the young people in the United Kingdom. If someone is ‘punching’, that means that they are ‘punching above their belt’, or in other words the person they are talking to or dating could be thought of as more attractive than them.

punchy adjective (TIRED) tired and confused, especially after dealing with a difficult situation: I’m a little bit punchy but I’m okay. Synonym. punch-drunk.

> Mugged Off – to be dumped, lied to, ignored or generally treated poorly by either your other half or a fellow islander (see also: Pied Off)

British Compliments

1. You look smart/You’re smartly dressed – Smart, in this case, isn’t a reference to your mental state but more so about being dressed well.
2. He’s as bright as a button – “Bright” in British words and phrases means smart.
3. I quite fancy you – Fancy here means like or have a crush on.

11 Bloody Brilliant British English Phrases

• “I’m knackered!”
• Cheeky.
• “I’m chuffed to bits!”
• Bloody. meaning: very.
• To bodge something. meaning: to mend, or repair something clumsily.
• “I’m pissed.” meaning: “I’m drunk.”
• Lovely. meaning: beautiful; attractive.
• “That’s rubbish!” meaning: “I don’t believe you!”