What many people (even news anchors on well-respected TV news channels!) call a water heater.

You don't want to heat water that's already hot for Pete sakes!! It's proper to call it a 'water heater' or you can even call it a 'hot water tank' -- but never a 'hot water heater'.
{Latoya}: Gary, I think the hot water heater is busted; I can't get any hot water out of this faucet to do the dishes!

{Gary}: Latoya, we don't have a 'hot water heater' -- we might have a hot water cooler, a water heater, or a hot water tank, but no hot water heater! Which of those do you want me to check?
by Telephony August 16, 2012
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When you get done dusting off grandma and you decide to get it on you gotta first hose her off and let her dry on her heating pad
I wanted you borrow my grandmas garage so I had to do the reverse water heater to get the ok
by Cumdumpster1 September 25, 2023
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So basically a water heater is anyone that is not the brightest, or in other words is non-intelligent or retarded.
Stacy: You wouldn't believe how much of a water heater joey was being

Georgia: I can believe it, he's always being a water heater
by Jordenisjesus April 3, 2017
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