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		ametrau on Feb 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Getting rid of bed bugs: trickier than ever Do you mean steam? The link is to a steam cleaner. That’s a cool idea.

spcebar on Feb 11, 2024 [–]

I think this is a funny case of a false cognate. Vapeur is the French word for steam. Vapeur sounds like vapor, and steam is a vapor. So a steam gun is still sort of a vapor gun, but it's definitely a vapeur gun.

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