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stick fat

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Hi there. Isn't this just a misspelling of stick fast? SemperBlotto (talk) 09:14, 23 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

Hey @SemperBlotto. No, it's not a misspelling — at the first citation link, there's a video, and at 7:55, Leppitsch says it. It's an Australian phrase, albeit not a particularly common one. Jjamesryan (talk) 13:05, 23 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

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RMaung (WMF) 17:04, 4 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

-wash

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How can you be certain that these terms were all formed with a -wash suffix and not, as previously claimed, as blends with greenwashing, whitewashing, etc.? Equinox 08:21, 24 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

I guess I can't be certain. But it seems to me that "-wash" has been a fairly productive suffix for a while, and that a suffix etymology is more plausible than a blend one. Jjamesryan (talk | contribs) 08:37, 24 January 2022 (UTC)Reply