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The only office appliance that makes confidentiality feel like confetti.
means A machine that cuts documents into thin strips or fine particles so the information on them can't be read or reconstructed.
from 'Paper' traces back through Old French 'papier' to Latin 'papyrus,' the reed Egyptians pressed into writing sheets. 'Shred' comes from Old English 'screadian,' meaning to cut or strip away, related to 'scrap' and 'shard' — all cousins describing things broken into pieces. The device itself is a 20th-century invention, born from the practical need to destroy sensitive paperwork rather than just discard it; the name simply welds the material to the action performed on it.
- invented by
- a man hiding gambling ledgers from his wife
- security levels
- p1 to p7, p7 turns paper into dust
- irony
- watergate made it an office must-have
- jam rate
- highest right when you are in a hurry