In 1979 and 1980, Margaret Thatcher began to call the moderate members of her own cabinet “wets.” In British slang, wet meant weak, “inept, ineffectual, effete.” Her own supporters became known as the “dries.”
In 1979 and 1980, Margaret Thatcher began to call the moderate members of her own cabinet “wets.” In British slang, wet meant weak, “inept, ineffectual, effete.” Her own supporters became known as the “dries.”