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Another lost positive

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:35 pm
by Perry
My brother quipped this morning, as we finished up a brisk walk, that he needed to get crepit.

(It would be a great lost positive were it not for the root word crepitus, past participle of crepăre, to burst, crack.)

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:08 pm
by gailr
It's also too close to crepe.

Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:49 pm
by Slava
Perhaps your brother meant, "We need to get cracking."

Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:05 pm
by Perry
Perhaps your brother meant, "We need to get cracking."
Not at all. He had been discussing his own health and stamina.

Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:18 pm
by Stargzer
It's also too close to crepe.
Decrepit Suzette: de Crêpe Suzette in de Bronx?.