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Born in 1977, Hilversum, NL. UK-based employees of Philips. Businessman arrived in hotel, unpacked suitcase and found he'd forgotten his briefcase. Looking around the hotel room, he located a suitable plastic bag and proceeded to use this for the duration of his trip. The bag bore the legend "waszak" - the Dutch word for "laundry bag". Henceforth, anyone doing anything thoughtless was called "waszak" and a new word entered the English language.
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