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Re: VMs: Epibrating
PK#01 wrote:
>
> "Epibreren" (epibrating) is a word devised by the dutch writer Simon
> Carmiggelt. He used to take long walks through his workplace with a dossier
> under his arm. When someone asked what he was doing he said: "I'm going to
> have this file epibrated." It means nothing but it sounds official enough.
I don't know Dutch or German. What's the derivation?
It sounds like
"walking around", but that's "peripatetic" in Greek.
Dennis
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