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If one is still feeling a bit damp from this discussion of
brainwashing, s/he might recall the British slang usage of "wet." <br>
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A contemporary American slang translation might be "lame" or
"girly" (both to some extent objectionable). <br>
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The term "wet" was used in the UK in the 1980s to describing those
Tory members of Thatcher's government who opposed her strict
monetarist policies and supported increasing public spending.
Naturally, the term "dries" was created within the Limits of
Allowable Debate = those who opposed the "wets" and therefore
supported Thatcher's policies of reducing public spending; cutting
taxes; lowering interest rates; tightly controlling the money
supply; and reducing the regulatory power of the state. The more
formal name for "dries" is "neoliberals."<br>
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The Obama administration is increasingly dry. A result of
brainwashing?<br>
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