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a fortress of foam where adults legally hide from everyone they love.

means A bath taken in water full of foaming, fragrant soap suds, usually for relaxation or play.

from A straightforward English compound: "bubble" (a Middle English word, likely imitative of the soft pop and burble of water and air) plus "bath" (from Old English bæth, related to German Bad and the same root that gives us the spa town of Bath). The term for the foamy soak itself is a fairly modern coinage, arriving with the commercial bubble-bath products that made all those suds possible in the first place.

first patent
Mr. Bubble launched the foam craze in 1961
science
bubbles last longer in cooler, soft water
royal habit
Cleopatra reportedly bathed in donkey milk, not suds
pop reason
surface tension breaks as soap film dries out
world record
largest bubble bath held over 1,800 people
for instance

lush experiments bubble bar — popular cruelty-free bubble bath product line from uk cosmetics company

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