Meanings
- sarcasticA statement of the obvious.
We constantly “see” heterosexuality in Trek; to say that heterosexuality is explicit in Trek is to say that water is wet.
2009, David Greven, Gender and Sexuality in Star Trek, →ISBN2 more examples
"You're a monster," Gil said, but his words were toothless, without the fire behind them that he'd previously stoked. Coburn shrugged. “And water is wet, old man.”
2011, Chuck Wendig, Double Dead, →ISBNFor example, the computer desktop is meant to suggest a physical desktop, and files that contain folders are meant to remind users of plain old filing systems. This may seem like we're telling you that water is wet, but the pre-GUI days involved a lot of command line typing.
2015, Katie Morris & Gad Chick, A Beginners Guide to Windows Surface, →ISBN
Translations
Finnish hauki on kala
- hauki on kalaTranslations
French l'eau ça mouille
- l'eau ça mouilleTranslations
Italian grazie al cazzo, scoprire l'acqua calda
- grazie al cazzoTranslations
- scoprire l'acqua caldaTranslations
- scoprire l'AmericaTranslations
Polish woda jest mokra
- woda jest mokraTranslations
Romanian apa e udă
- apa e udăTranslations
Scottish Gaelic cha suaicheantas corra air cladach
- cha suaicheantas corra air cladachTranslations
Spanish el agua moja
- el agua mojaTranslations
Cite this entry
water is wet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20is%20wet
“water is wet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20is%20wet. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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