Talk:wet noodle

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wet noodle

Is this an actual term, or an occasional allusive use? - TheDaveRoss 15:48, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Seems to mean "wimp" sometimes. Also to me wet noodles are still flexible after cooking, as opposed to dry ones. Redbone C (talk) 17:29, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

I know this as a general term for anything that is limp (e.g., a handshake), and furthermore, even more metaphorically, for someone or something that is disappointing and unexciting or ineffectual (e.g., an underperforming vacuum cleaner), not the quite specific senses assigned at the moment. I doubt that there is a more specific idiomatic and attestable meaning.  --Lambiam 23:13, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Just an aside for anyone trying to cite the person: "noodle" has a long history of meaning an ineffectual or foolish person (see the "portrait of a noodle" in one of Dickens' novels) and "wet" also means weak/ineffectual, so there will be red herrings. Equinox ◑ 23:55, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

cited Kiwima (talk) 23:14, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 20:46, 4 March 2019 (UTC)