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dredmorbius on Nov 18, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Instant stone (just add water) (2018)

The Online Etymological Dictionary (DDG bang !etym) is great for this sort of inquiry:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/quick

Similarly: quicklime, quicksilver, and quicksand.

riffraff on Nov 18, 2019 [–]

ah! "quicksand" makes much more sense to me now, in italian they are just called "mobile sands" which seemed much more reasonable :)

dredmorbius on Nov 18, 2019 | [–]

OED has given me many "ahhh!" moments.

Vodka being "little water" being a fave.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/vodka

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