Laptop, n. from French
la ptomaïne food poisoning; ultimately from Greek
ptôma corpse; hence an ordure-spouting irritant prone to inopportune dying.
Teeter, v.i., to wobble unsteadily; from French tête-à-tête the mutual destabilisation of two unreliable appendages.
Pétillant comme l’eau de sources
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