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"Questionable" is a portmanteau of "Questioning" and "I am able".
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IIRC “cherry” comes from English speakers thinking that “cherise”—the old north french word for cherry—was the plural form
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The English "etymology" is a compound word made up of two Greek roots, etymos ("fictional") and logos ("word")
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Feb 11, 2020 01:13
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PancakeTransmission posted:Where do you people come up with this stuff? from the lie-berry.
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christmas boots posted:IIRC “cherry” comes from English speakers thinking that “cherise”—the old north french word for cherry—was the plural form This also happened to the pea, which started out in English as "pease", from the Latin Pisum. The original form of the word is still preserved in such as "pease porridge".
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Feb 11, 2020 03:52
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Phy posted:This also happened to the pea, which started out in English as "pease", from the Latin Pisum. The original form of the word is still preserved in such as "pease porridge". Also the origin of "piss poor" I take it?
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Feb 11, 2020 12:23
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Krankenstyle posted:Also the origin of "piss poor" I take it? No, that’s because medieval dirt farmers would sell their piss buckets to tanners to survive. Some people couldn’t even afford a pot to piss in 
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Feb 11, 2020 14:18
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:No, that’s because medieval dirt farmers would sell their piss buckets to tanners to survive. .... except that doesn't make any sense because "piss poor" doesn't mean "extremely poor", it means "of very low standard". Eg: that was a piss-poor attempt at folk etymology. The "piss buckets" story is a popular urban myth that's been posted online over and over, making it piss-easy for such a piss-weak story to spread. pissssssssss. Edit: I was just about to post the "piss buckets" definition as well but I googled it to find a link and discovered I was wrong about the origin of the phrase and it turns out people in the 1940s and 50s just enjoyed adding the word "piss" to phrases, including piss-rotten, piss-awful, piss-elegant, etc etc.. Snowglobe of Doom has a new favorite as of 16:25 on Feb 11, 2020 |
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Feb 11, 2020 16:19
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:piss-awful
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Feb 11, 2020 16:32
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holy poo poo piiiiiiissss
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Feb 11, 2020 19:33
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:.... except that doesn't make any sense because "piss poor" doesn't mean "extremely poor", it means "of very low standard". Eg: that was a piss-poor attempt at folk etymology. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume the meant that Edgar Allen Ho was knowingly referencing an old bullshit etymology. As a joke.
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Feb 11, 2020 19:46
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Look if it wasn't for people making obvious etymology jokes to get the extremely pyf voices started, this thread would get one post per calendar year, frankly I think we should be thanking them for their service
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Feb 11, 2020 21:07
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yeah there's several people who post in here specifically fo that, like the guy who posts things like "Dnobner  " in the Terrible Names thread.
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Feb 11, 2020 21:33
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Hey! That's Wayne Gretzky. He used to be funny, show him some respect.
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Feb 11, 2020 21:42
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"Dishonor" comes from "Dish" and "Onor".
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Aphrodite posted:Hey! That's Wayne Gretzky. All I remember of him was his posts in the qcs bad advertising thread back when we had a shitload of ads featuring scantily clad women that lead to Amazon referral links, he made it very clear those ads were fine and not a problem by insulting anyone that complained about the borderline nws ads
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Feb 12, 2020 00:08
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Inzombiac posted:"Dishonor" comes from "Dish" and "Onor". It's only dishonor if it comes from the Onor region of Japan. Otherwise it's just sparkling shame.
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Feb 12, 2020 00:17
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Inceltown posted:It's only dishonor if it comes from the Onor region of Japan. Otherwise it's just sparkling shame. Sparkling comes from “spar” and “cling”
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beanieson posted:Sparkling comes from “spar” and “cling” This one's an interesting etymology because it actually comes from "spark" and "cling", but as you've noted sparks got their name from combining the fact that they often happened during sparring matches with the onomatopoeia of the swords scraping against each other.
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christmas boots posted:This one's an interesting etymology because it actually comes from "spark" and "cling", but as you've noted sparks got their name from combining the fact that they often happened during sparring matches with the onomatopoeia of the swords scraping against each other. Scraping comes from “crap” and “sing”
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Feb 12, 2020 00:36
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So, if you're like me, you already know the correct subtitle of Donkey Kong Country 2 is Diddy's Kong Quest, not Diddy Kong's Quest. ( )This one is kind of blowing my mind though. https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1224809491142782977
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Olive! posted:Donkey Kong Country 2 The first one blew my mind like a decade after the game came out, but I saw that tweet too and don't remember ever noticing the incorrect spelling anywhere 
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It's a case because the documents pertaining to a particular legal matter were kept in a case 
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Feb 12, 2020 07:27
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Shifty Nipples posted:holy poo poo piiiiiiissss 
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I figured this out a few years ago, but cdn does not mean the server is Canadian.
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Beachcomber posted:I figured this out a few years ago, but cdn does not mean the server is Canadian. Or Canadian currency.
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Not something I figured out just now exactly but its easy to forget and then realize again that Chimpanzees are loving terrifying.
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Lemurs are the only good primates.
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MariusLecter posted:Not something I figured out just now exactly but its easy to forget and then realize again that Chimpanzees are loving terrifying. Ever since one ate that womans fuckin face and I saw how the literally do war between their tribe or family groups or whatever I realized that we truly do descend from chimps.
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That's not how it works! Chimps descended from us. Didt you even see Planet of the Apes?!
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TK-42-1 posted:Ever since one ate that womans fuckin face and I saw how the literally do war between their tribe or family groups or whatever I realized that we truly do descend from chimps. I saw a video description once that said, "chimp fight, loser dies while being eaten" and I gotta tell you I did not watch it.
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MariusLecter posted:Not something I figured out just now exactly but its easy to forget and then realize again that Chimpanzees are loving terrifying.
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Ferrule posted:from the lie-berry.
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People don't keep toilet brushes next to the toilet so it's nearby whenever you clean it. It's so you can immediately scrape away poop that sticks to the bowl.
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Feb 14, 2020 12:33
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Beachcomber posted:People don't keep toilet brushes next to the toilet so it's nearby whenever you clean it. It's so you can immediately scrape away poop that sticks to the bowl. Also, where would you keep it?
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Jerry Cotton posted:Also, where would you keep it? In the laundry with the communal poop knife.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Also, where would you keep it? Growing up, my mom kept it in the cabinet under the bathroom sink with the plunger, cleaning chemicals, and extra toilet paper. I use the kind with the disposable head and clean it once a month or so.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Also, where would you keep it? Do you not have a cutlery drawer?
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Failed Imagineer posted:Do you not have a cutlery drawer? Not in the toilets, no.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Not in the toilets, no. Fancy man, with his separate toilet and kitchen
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