Setting the lame, elderly joke aside (it's not “slow”), it's called “quicksand” because “quick” is an old word meaning “live”. It's etymologically related to the Latin vivere “to live”. read more
Setting the lame, elderly joke aside (it’s not “slow”), it’s called “quicksand” because “quick” is an old word meaning “live”. It’s etymologically related to the Latin vivere “to live”. That definition shows up in expressions like “the quick and the dead” and “quicksilver”. read more
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