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.
> NEer: 'Scuse me, wheah's the bubblah?
> Non-NEer: The what?
> NEer: The bubblah.
> Non-NEer: I beg your pardon?
> NEer: Ya know, the thing ya can get a drink from.
> Non-NEer: *chuckling* You mean the water fountain?
> NEer: Watuh fountain? Ya mean this dump has a watuh fountain?!
> Non-NEer: I beg your pardon?