wet noodle
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A means of enacting a mild or ineffective symbolic punishment.
noun
A wimp.
noun
Someone or something that is limp, relaxed, or weak.
Example Sentences
- "I think I understand police states and things like that. They are not intimidated by being whipped with a wet noodle, and Jackson-Vanik is a wet noodle."
- "The wet noodle punishment argument is that it is in practice impossible to punish, e.g., a committed rape with beating the offender with a wet noodle."
- "“Yeah, if they get out of line, I'll beat 'em with a wet noodle!” Mark chuckles."
- "If you think your brand isn't important, you need to hit yourself with a wet noodle and then crack open this book."
- "There, I said it, but we'll get out the wet noodle later."
- "I am a wet noodle, she had said sadly to Sister Albertine."