Another lost positive

[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.)

[gailr]

It's also too close to crepe.

[Slava]

Perhaps your brother meant, "We need to get cracking."

[Perry]

Perhaps your brother meant, "We need to get cracking."

Not at all. He had been discussing his own health and stamina.

[Stargzer]

It's also too close to crepe.

Decrepit Suzette: de Crêpe Suzette in de Bronx?.