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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 - Origin of blimey - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
According to Etymonline: (It is also used in excitement ) blimey by 1889, probably a corruption of (God) blind me! First attested in a slang dictionary which defines it as quot;an apparently
- 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 - 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 - 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
- etymology - Whats the literal meaning of Real Estate? - English . . .
Today I realized that the word "Real" in "Real Estate" might be about "royalty" instead of "reality" English is a foreign language to me, so I don't really know the literal meaning and origin of
- etymology - Where did the phrase diddly-squat come from? - English . . .
The following is what I've found on the net about this phrase: The Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang lists the original form as "Doodly-squat," dating from 1934 No clue given as to the origin Doodle means, variously, a fool, a Union soldier, a penis, to cheat, and to copulate The dic does not list a usage for "doodly-shit" until 1966 The dic lists "diddly-squat" as a
- etymology - What is the origin of dox and doxing? - English . . .
Wikipedia has a solid description of what "doxing" is: Doxing is the Internet-based practice of researching and publishing personally identifiable information about an individual They also make a
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