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Re:Instant stone (just add water) (2018) by dredmorbius on Monday November 18, 2019 @04:44AM (#21563014)
The Online Etymological Dictionary (DDG bang !etym) is great for this sort of inquiry:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/quick

Similarly: quicklime, quicksilver, and quicksand.

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Re:Instant stone (just add water) (2018) by riffraff on Monday November 18, 2019 @05:43AM (#21563264)
ah! "quicksand" makes much more sense to me now, in italian they are just called "mobile sands" which seemed much more reasonable :)
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Re:Instant stone (just add water) (2018) by dredmorbius on Monday November 18, 2019 @02:11PM (#21567191)
OED has given me many "ahhh!" moments.

Vodka being "little water" being a fave.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/vodka

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