wet wipe

wet wipe (plural wet wipes)

1. A small moistened piece of paper or cloth for cleaning or personal hygiene, often folded and individually wrapped for convenience.

   Synonyms: handi-wipe, moist towelette, wetnap

   • 2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 48:

     He opened it and took out a flattened bag of wet wipes and a packet of sherbet.

2. (slang) An annoying or contemptible person.

   Synonyms: asswipe; see also Thesaurus:jerk

   • 2023, Kesia Lupo, Let’s Play Murder, London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, →ISBN, page 23:

     ‘Do you have to be such a wet wipe?’ Then she snorted. ‘Whatever. Who cares? Let’s be real – we don’t know each other, and we’re not going to get to know each other. I have literally no interest in you. We’re both playing for ourselves. […]’

   • 2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian‎:

     Thames Water has become the latest object lesson in the predictable and predicted folly of privatised monopolies, aided by a regulator that’s an even bigger wet wipe than the fatbergs bunging up the sewers.