disposable garbage bags

[Mark A. Mandel]

from a friend:

See below for an amusing LJ entry from Martin [...], and my response.

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> I have just bought, I kid you not, a packet of "disposable garbage bags".
> If that's a retronym, I *really* don't want to know.

    My one thought is that it's perhaps a back-translation of a
    mistranslation of biodegradable? Otherwise, it really doesn't make sense.

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-- Mark A. Mandel
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