Is there a difference between sploshing and WAM (wet and messy)?
BILL: Yes and no. Sploshing came first! When we set up the mag, we called it SPLOSH! cos we wanted a fun name that sounded both wet and messy. Prior to that, fans hadn’t had a name to unite them so we called them sploshers and the activity sploshing. WAM was the term used by the Americans when they joined in a few years later, thanks to a guy called Rob Blaine (now sadly in the great mudbath in the sky) setting up Messy Fun. Because Rob was a computer buff, he was much more internet-led and so the term WAM caught on amongst the U.S. messy community on the Net. That’s the boring answer. HAYLEY: But the biggest difference is the attitude. The Americans are far more earnest about it than we are. They have chat groups discussing every custard pie that appears on TV saying things like, “Great consistency, 85% facial coverage” We just like having fun! It’s meant to be a laugh not an academic exercise! I think also that they tend to like one thing and one thing only. The pie fans only like se
