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anyone mind sharing the... other definition... I know it, I just want to make sure you know it too

[-] pipe01@programming.dev 55 points 1 week ago

Apparently it means making them water and dust resistant or something like that

[-] gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] NightFantom@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah, if you think of "filling up" as the definition it's pretty easy

[-] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[-] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

≠ prego spaghetti sauce

[-] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

"imprégner" in french, close enough

[-] sepi@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

How you do that by getting them pregnant?

Wouldn't that be "impermeated"

[-] Hoimo@ani.social 1 points 1 week ago

unimpermeable

... yes....

can i watch?

[-] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week ago

Having bought 3 whole pairs of boots in my life, and one of them actually expensive, I have no idea what this means.

Based on the context of fluffy tops, I'm guessing snow boots, and impregnating in this context is impregnating the boot material with a waterproofing agent of some kind.

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 8 points 1 week ago

You're correct

[-] harmbugler@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Based on the context of fluffy tops

That's... still ambiguous

[-] binarytobis@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

My first job out of college my boss told me to machine something out of “teflon impregnated delrin”, which is like slippery machinable plastic. Just stared at him for a while to see if he was serious.

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 6 points 1 week ago

"No, I'd prefer to do it myself, thank you."

[-] Haaveilija@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

You have big shoes to fill

[-] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago

"Of course I want miniature versions on top of the regular ones"

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