wire
A metal conductor that carries electricity.
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Feed: "The Barbed Wire" By: Saul Elbein on Tuesday, May 5, 2026
just finished the wire season 2. i hate this fucking show, it's too depressing. i'm glad i don't live in baltimore. i'm glad i've never been to baltimore. i hope everyone in baltimore dies. fuck my parents for even li…
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A metal conductor that carries electricity.
“Oh, hadn’t I told you?” the other said quickly. “I had a wire yesterday. He landed in New York Wednesday. It was such a mixed-up sort of message, I never could understand what he was trying to tell me, except that he would have to stay …
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A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
That wire powers the lamp.
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(uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
Wire means: Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
wire means: Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
“Feed: "The Barbed Wire" By: Saul Elbein on Tuesday, May 5, 2026”
— Bluesky· May 2026“just finished the wire season 2. i hate this fucking show, it's too depressing. i'm glad i don't live in baltimore. i'm glad i've never been to baltimore. i hope everyone in baltimore dies. fuck my parents for even living in maryland”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Cursor vs OpenAI Agents SDK — the real distinction: Cursor = vertical, code-native harness. Works out of the box for coding. Ships tomorrow. OpenAI = horizontal harness primitives. Build your own harness for any domain. Ships when you wire it up.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Trump’s Golf Obsession, Groyper Conference Disaster, Daily Wire Layoffs www.youtube.com/live/vvhPMC5...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Daily Wire reporter Luke Rosiak found 93 companies at one Columbus address with no visible activity that billed Medicaid a combined $66 million over several years.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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