A term used in New England, especially by people from Rhode Island and Massachusetts, to describe what most other folks call a [water fountain]. To the New Englander, the term water fountain tends to remind them of a regular, show-offy fountain.\n> NEer: 'Scuse me, wheah's the bubblah?\n> Non-NEer: The what?\n> NEer: The bubblah.\n> Non-NEer: I beg your pardon?\n> NEer: Ya know, the thing ya can get a drink from.\n> Non-NEer: *chuckling* You mean the water fountain?\n> NEer: Watuh fountain? Ya mean this dump has a watuh fountain?!\n> Non-NEer: I beg your pardon?\n