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carmencita ago

Wetworks. Email on Tues. Feb 9. Scalia dead on Fri. Feb 12. Pretty obvious.

pizzaequalspedo ago

Yeah, this isn't rocket science. Things like a SCOTUS dying are extremely rare, and there just happens to be an email using the term wetworks 3 days before?

I've heard all the snopes/dem explanations for using "wetworks" to describe Hillary's New Hampshire loss in the primary..... That doesn't pass the smell test. Wetworks is a niche word, and one that would not be used for a primary loss, in my opinion.

NotAnIdiot ago

As a term wetworks pretty much just has one meaning.

AreWeSure ago

It certainly does not. In fact, this is the first definition from Merriam Webster. 1
work involving water or wet substances <All wet work, such as concrete, masonry, plaster, drywall and paint must be complete and dry. — Daniel Boone, Floor Covering Installer, 1 May 2010> <It is a frequent problem among individuals who perform “wet work” such as homemakers, bartenders, hairdressers, dental workers, and health care workers; repetitive wetting and drying of the hands leads to dryness and redness. — Deborah A. Kedrowski and Erin M. Warshaw, Dermatology Nursing, 1 Feb. 2008>

Wet work is a common term in pottery/ceramics and you don't want your pottery going into the kiln wet as the moisture in the clay will cause the piece to explode. To help us protect our kilns and other peoples’ work: We do not accept wet work. It must be 100% dry when dropping it off for firing. If you are unsure please do not bring it.

In the corporate world wet work is used for layoffs and terminations.

Whenever pink slips were imminent, he’d duck out of the office, leaving [the wet work](Whenever pink slips were imminent, he’d duck out of the office, leaving the wet work to others. ) to others.

"Governor Brown has just turned the keys of the Public Utilities Commission over to another oil industry loyalist who did the industry's wet work in firing tough oil well regulators in 2011, resulting in the loosening of well standards and a half million in contributions from Occidental Petroleum to the Governor's causes," said Jamie Court, President of Consumer Watchdog.

George Clooney played a guy who just went around the country firing people Companies hired him to do their wet work.

MattHelm ago

You moron. Podesta himself said "I didn't think wetworks meant a pool party."

He knew exactly what it meant and what was intended. It's CIA-KGB code for murder.

AreWeSure ago

It's also used when you lay people off, like a human resource manager saying he going to do a hit. It's a reference to the CIA terms, but not an actual murder. A lot of people think this corresponds to a hit on Bernie. In Paticular this one from the same date as the email. http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/bernie-sanders-regular-luxurious-dscc-fundraising-retreats