tidewater

n 1: low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams

2: the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia

and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia [syn: {Tidewater}]

wirewater

{programming fluid}. This melds the mainstream slang

adjective "wired" (stimulated, up, hyperactive) with

"firewater"; however, it refers to caffeinacious rather than

alcoholic beverages.

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(1995-02-27)