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.
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.
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.
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.
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IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 95d
anyone mind sharing the... other definition... I know it, I just want to make sure you know it too
pipe01@programming.dev · 55 pts · 95d
Apparently it means making them water and dust resistant or something like that
gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 40 pts · 94d
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 pts · 94d
Yeah, if you think of "filling up" as the definition it's pretty easy
appearexpressspot@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 94d
Ha, soaking
JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 94d
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.
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 94d
"imprégner" in french, close enough
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 94d
impregnar ≠ preguntar
JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 93d
≠ prego spaghetti sauce
sepi@piefed.social · 4 pts · 94d
How you do that by getting them pregnant?
decipher_jeanne@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 94d
Wouldn't that be "impermeated"
Hoimo@ani.social · 1 pts · 94d
unimpermeable
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 95d
... yes....
can i watch?
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 95d
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 pts · 94d
You're correct
harmbugler@piefed.social · 2 pts · 94d
That's... still ambiguous
binarytobis@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 94d
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 pts · 95d
"No, I'd prefer to do it myself, thank you."
Haaveilija@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 94d
You have big shoes to fill
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 94d
"Of course I want miniature versions on top of the regular ones"