• toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    yep. to add: that stuff you can spray on your windshield and the fabric softener you use on your clothes both make water hydrophobic. it doesn’t mean that the water is afraid of the substance. the suffix means to be averse to or repelled by something.