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- etymology - Where did the phrase batsh*t crazy come from? - English . . .
The word crazy is a later addition Scanning Google Books I find a handful of references starting from the mid-60s where batshit is clearly just a variation on bullshit (nonsense, rubbish) - which meaning still turns up even in 2001, but it's relatively uncommon now Here's a relatively early one from 1967 where the meaning is crazy A decade later most references have this meaning, but the
- etymology - What is the origin of the phrase buck naked? - English . . .
The phrase buck naked is well known and means quot;completely naked quot; It is synonymous to butt naked and stark naked, both self-explanatory However, there are a few confusing aspects to the
- etymology - Why is pineapple in English but ananas in all other . . .
In Spanish, it's also called piña The etymology of "pineapple" and a few other words is nicely illustrated at Europe etymology maps
- What are some good sites for researching etymology? [closed]
Here is an example of a directed graph: It works in multiple languages, providing etymology data, descendants, related words and more It also has a pretty quick search, and the index is constantly growing in the number of words and slowly growing in accuracy too
- etymology - Origin of the word cum - English Language Usage Stack . . .
What is the origin of the word cum? I'm trying to find the roots for its prevalent usage, especially in North America
- etymology - What gave terrific a positive connotation? - English . . .
Possible Duplicate: How and why have some words changed to a complete opposite? I have noticed that: horrible means bad terrible means bad horrific means bad So why does terrific mean good?
- etymology - What is the origin of stat? - English Language Usage . . .
I work in medical and the term stat means immediately we use that in emergency cases or when we need results or an action to be taken immediately Latin statim translate to immediately Since we use medical terminology Latin is used because it's a universal language
- etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The Choctaw etymology remained more esoteric common knowledge until Woodrow Wilson's time, and continued to be common knowledge until Read purposefully substituted a cock-and-bull fake etymology for it
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