# What is wit Brain? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 17, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wit-brain/688623 "2014-05-17T04:22:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wit-brain/688623/21 "2014-05-17T19:26:00Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Sounds a lot like a homework assignment. Reza often comes to the boards for help in understanding why a particular English construct is right or wrong, or why it’s used on a particular way as she is actively learning English. I don’t think she’s ever tried to get anyone to do her homework, just some help in understanding English peculiarities, of which there are legion. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wit-brain/688623/22 "2014-05-17T19:27:54Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Reza often comes to the boards for help in understanding why a particular English construct is right or wrong, or why it’s used on a particular way as she is actively learning English. I don’t think she’s ever tried to get anyone to do her homework, just some help in understanding English peculiarities, of which there are legion. Understood. I still wonder where she got the term from, though. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wit-brain/688623/23 "2014-05-17T19:29:49Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Understood. I still wonder where she got the term from, though. Me, too. Never heard of either phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wit-brain/688623/24 "2014-05-17T19:45:15Z")
Maybe she heard ‘wet brain’ pronounced by a Kiwi. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wit-brain/688623/25 "2014-05-17T20:28:32Z")
That would be _wit brine_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wit-brain/688623/26 "2014-05-17T20:39:53Z")
What’s wit Brain? He’s a genetically altered lab mouse that wants to take over the world. NARF! ---
**Author:** ![Reza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wit-brain/688623/27 "2014-05-18T16:27:18Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Understood. I still wonder where she got the term from, though. Thanks for your time and comments. Reza is a he. Reza is too old to have homework assignment. Reza is an English tutor and translator in his own country, he comes here regularly to talk over English questions with others, since nearly all the people here are a native to English language. The guy who asked me the question said that these words were given to him from their university teacher. I looked up through 10 dictionaries and also on internet and I couldn’t find any answer. Then I came here to make sure that we have no such word / expression. Oh, almost forgot, Reza is truly grateful to all of YOU! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wit-brain/688623/28 "2014-05-18T16:31:44Z")
Reza=he. Got it! 🙂 Some of the threads you’ve started have become my favorites- I find dissecting the language I instinctively speak fascinating. Some posters here are excellent at clear explanations. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wit-brain/688623/29 "2014-05-18T16:32:57Z")
What is your friend studying at the university? What does his teacher teach? Knowing that may help us find an answer. ---
**Author:** ![Reza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wit-brain/688623/30 "2014-05-18T16:47:57Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > What is your friend studying at the university? What does his teacher teach? Knowing that may help us find an answer. Actually, not a friend but a client. lol I charged them reasonably to do their assignment. It was a list of 10 words. The words were asked to be defined and explained in two lines for each word with some examples, and also their translation into Farsi. (including typing, took me almost two hours to finish and email them). He said that he was studying Insurance Management. Presumably their teacher (Not English teacher but a teacher of their other subjects) was angry at their bad English, so he gave them lots of English activities and assignment. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wit-brain/688623/31 "2014-05-18T18:55:44Z")
> [@Reza](#): > > Actually, not a friend but a client. lol > > I charged them reasonably to do their assignment. It was a list of 10 words. **Moderator Note** From the [Registration Agreement.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650726) > [@](#): > > The board is not intended to furnish you with a forum for promoting your personal agenda. We reserve the right to ask you to limit postings on a particular topic, or to refrain from posting on such topics altogether.\*\* Please do not ask other members to do your homework or provide input for your article, paper, or other off-board project. \*\*We may waive this rule if you obtain prior permission from a moderator or administrator. I think this applies even more to doing someone else’s homework for pay. I note that a large majority of your threads are questions about word usage in English. I presume that these may also be related to such assignments. This is in violation of the Registration Agreement. Do not post such questions again. This is closed. Colibri General Questions Moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wit-brain/688623.md?page=1)