Septic

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Septic is a word derived from the Greek Σήψις, meaning 'putrefaction'.

Septic may refer to:

  • a septic infection, cf. sepsis
  • Septic system, form of home-based sewage disposal
  • Septic is used by Britons as a derogatory term for Americans. It comes from the cockney rhyming slang -- Septic tank = Yank -- the idea being to indicate that which a septic tank might contain.
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