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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.
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anyone mind sharing the... other definition... I know it, I just want to make sure you know it too
Apparently it means making them water and dust resistant or something like that
It derives from "to soak" or "to saturate" because they saturate the fabric with some resin (i think) to fill the voids between the strings, so it becomes (mostly) impermeable to water.
Yeah, if you think of "filling up" as the definition it's pretty easy
Ha, soaking
Interesting. I wonder what the etomological origin of that word is. Cuz whenever my husband gets me pregnant, I do not feel impervious to water or dust.
And in Spanish it just means "question."
But if spanish-speaking person A hears person B say they're "embarrassed," A might think B is pregnant.
"imprégner" in french, close enough
impregnar ≠ preguntar
≠ prego spaghetti sauce
How you do that by getting them pregnant?
Wouldn't that be "impermeated"
unimpermeable