What does ratchet mean and when was it first used? Both skanky and ratchet (as used in the Hudsons’ comical YouTube video, anyway) are not gender-neutral terms, though none of the Gurl com experts expressly makes this point about ratchet It will be interesting to see whether the gender connection that "Ratchet Girl Anthem" promotes influences the long-term sense of the word, notwithstanding
Where did the phrase batsh*t crazy come from? 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
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What was slang, profanity and swearing like in the 1800s. Unless somebody produces a written diary from that era, or a serious survey questionnaire that reported how often people from Tennessee and N Caroline swore and blasphemed in the 19th century, the answer will be "We don't know"
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