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the state where water stops being polite and gets all over you
means Covered with or soaked in water or another liquid; not dry.
from From Old English wǣt, tracing back to the same ancient root that gives us 'water' — a kinship you can feel. It's a deep Germanic word, cousin to Old Norse vátr, and ultimately part of a Proto-Indo-European family clustered around the idea of wetness and damp. In other words, 'wet' has been dripping its way through English since before English was quite itself.
- surface tension
- water clings to itself harder than to you
- sound origin
- raindrops trap tiny air bubbles that pop audibly
- otter trick
- fur traps air, keeping skin dry underwater
- wet bulb
- a temperature that can kill healthy humans
- hydrophobic
- some surfaces refuse water so hard droplets bounce
everglades — 1.5 million acres of wetland in florida covering swamps, marshes, and mangrove forests
pantanal — largest tropical wetland in the world at 42,000 square miles across brazil, bolivia, and paraguay
okavango delta — inland delta in botswana creating 6,000 square miles of seasonal wetland and wildlife habitat
sundarbans — mangrove wetland spanning 3,860 square miles across india and bangladesh, home to bengal tigers