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paperwork (feddit.org)

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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, maybe the info you're missing is that "paperwork" is a concrete thing?

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paperwork

Like, that's the whole joke, that the skin is papery and its removal is tedious, so you could also refer to the removal as "paperwork".

[–] Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

Oh I'm aware of paper but didn't associate papery things with ... Well paper itself I guess that's the flaw. I wouldn't describe a tree as having a wooden expression either!