When I was growing up I remember hearing the term ‘grease zert,’ and I just assumed it was a made-up word. While my dad was skilled at a lot of things (drawing, aviation, mechanics,welding), he was not always known to handle the English language in a manner consistent with the generally agreed upon principles of usage (he once wrote the word ‘paided’ as a past tense for ‘pay’).
But it turns out that in this case he was pretty darn close:
See more of the etymology here at Merriam-Webster.
Pic borrowed from Currie Enterprises.
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