Greatest Generation · 1901–1927 · Disagreement all wet
All wet
Completely mistaken or wrong.
IN PLAIN ENGLISH“Totally wrong”
THE VIBEJazz-age, punchy and playful
USE IT INJazz-age conversation and 1920s culture
USE IT LIKE THIS
“If you think I forgot, you’re all wet.”
WORD ORIGIN
Associated with early-20th-century American speech, jazz-age culture and the Prohibition era.