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Teo  #243479  Fri, 07 Jul 06 11:24 AM

And now, a word to the wired: E-mail is no excuse for lousy English.

And the short attention span of the wired reader only makes things worse.

What does wired mean in the above sentences?

  
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Marius Hancu  #243499  Fri, 07 Jul 06 01:24 PM
In this context: those using a lot the Internet.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/wired

  
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MrPedantic  #243634  Sat, 08 Jul 06 01:25 AM

"Wired" here is a pun: it means both "wired up to the internet", and "in the state of hypertension that follows overmuch excitement or activity".

In fact, there's a double pun in the first example: it's also a play on the phrase "a word to the wise".

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Marius Hancu  #243660  Sat, 08 Jul 06 05:01 AM
Nice pun-detection work, MrPSmile [:)]
  
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