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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by stickfigure on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:16PM (#30483729)
"Sweet water" is a common English-language (possibly "American old west") euphemism for fresh water.
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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by unityByFreedom on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:29PM (#30483849)
Sweet tea maybe.. I've never heard "sweet water" but webster does have this,

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweet%20water

> : a sugar solution

> especially : one obtained by recovery of waste sugar during refining

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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by stickfigure on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:38PM (#30483926)
Try `sweetwater` without the space:

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/swee...

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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by presto8 on Saturday February 26, 2022 @09:46PM (#30484853)
I would not say it's common: I'm a native (American) English speaker and I've never heard the word before! I would just guess it's some kind of flavored water before reading this thread.
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