http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3168.38637)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WiredFor/gclzc/post.htm#514218Thu, 15 May 2008 22:32:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514218Newguest0http://www.englishforums.com/English/WiredFor/gclzc/post.htm#514218http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514218.xml<p>Thank you for the informative answer! <img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-21.gif" alt="Yes" title="Yes" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WiredFor/gclvq/post.htm#514215Thu, 15 May 2008 22:18:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514215Feebs111http://www.englishforums.com/English/WiredFor/gclvq/post.htm#514215http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514215.xmlSomething that is wired makes use of information technology to transfer or receive information. </p><p>Metaphorically, &quot;wired for&quot; in this context means &quot;programmed&quot; - so we [humans] are programmed to deal with the world in which we exist. It is related to the term &quot;hard-wired&quot;&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WiredFor/gclvn/post.htmThu, 15 May 2008 22:06:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:514212Newguest2http://www.englishforums.com/English/WiredFor/gclvn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-514212.xml<p>Hi</p> <p>It&#39;s a shame we cannot return to the world we were <strong>wired for</strong>.</p> <p>I&#39;ve been trying to look up this word in a dictionary, but haven&#39;t found anything that would satisfy me. So, what does it mean: &quot;wired for&quot;? Is it some slang expression?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>