# Looking for a definition for "totally wired".

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 11, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-definition-for-totally-wired/830950 "2019-03-11T16:03:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-definition-for-totally-wired/830950/1 "2019-03-11T16:03:54Z")

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Hi  
I just came across the following expression in an MSNBC broadcast. Richard Haas (?) talking about a future summit at Maralago between Trump and Xi Jing Ping  
4.10 minutes into the video. I don’t know if its a common expression, but it seems to mean ‘kosher’ or ‘on the up and up’, "no-nonsense’??  
“It’s not the worst that a foreign leader would say: We’re not going to have a summit unless its totally wired”

I look forward to your feedback.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-definition-for-totally-wired/830950/2 "2019-03-11T16:10:14Z")

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In this case I believe he means that the agreement has already been made and the summit is just a a media event and a handshake to close the deal.

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**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-definition-for-totally-wired/830950/3 "2019-03-11T17:08:48Z")

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More familiar with the Mark E. Smith usage - wide awake, buzzing, off me head our kid.

Assuming that’s not what is meant here but tbh it’s not a context I’ve heard the expression used in. Tripolar’s explanation makes sense - wired as in completely connected up.