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Lying to the wall about the hole you put in it.
means A powdery filler paste you smear into cracks and holes in walls, which dries hard and sandable so the surface looks whole again.
from Comes from Spackle, originally a trademarked brand name for a patching compound in early 20th-century America. The brand name itself likely drew on 'spackle' or 'spachtel,' a German word for a putty knife or spatula used for smoothing plaster — so the tool's name slid over to become the stuff the tool applies. Like 'kleenex' or 'band-aid,' the brand eventually sank into the language as a plain verb for patching up a wall, trademark be damned.
- true purpose
- filling nail holes, not career gaps
- dries fast
- sandable in under thirty minutes
- brand gone generic
- spackle was once a trademarked name
- overuse risk
- too much and it just cracks later