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Portuguese
Etymology
Compound of pó + de + perlimpimpim. Compare French poudre de perlimpinpin.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pó de per‧lim‧pim‧pim
Noun
pó de perlimpimpim m (plural pós de perlimpimpim)
- a magic powder used by the characters in Sítio do Picapau Amarelo, written by Monteiro Lobato
- (figurative, colloquial) snake oil, something that is claimed to be a cure-all or panacea
2020, Natalia Pasternak, Carlos Orsi, “Tudo o que você precisa saber sobre cloroquina e COVID-19”, in Revista Questão de Ciência:Numa situação de desespero como a descrita na pergunta, muitas pessoas talvez até aceitassem óleo de cobra com pó de pirlimpimpim e ovo de pata. O tratamento aí é para a angústia da família, não para a condição do paciente.- In a desperate situation like the one described in the question, many people might even accept snake oil with powder and duck eggs. The treatment there is for the family's anguish, not for the patient's condition.
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