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Remember: if you repeat it enough, it graduates from Fake Etymology to Folk Etymology. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_e…
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The Old English diminutive suffix is -incel... So the word for manlet would be manincel... you have got to be kidding me...
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Disturbing implies the existence of euturbing.
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The cat jumping on your lap would be euturbing.
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Cleavage refers to a split. Clove refers to the object thus split. Boobs are cloves.
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O Vos Omnes (Lat. "Hey You Guys") is a well-known piece from the soundtrack to the classic 80s film The Goonies.
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MILF stands for Marschak Index Less Food, a core price index published by the Soviet Union until its dissolution.
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To 'mog' comes from the German 'Macht', or Power, and is related to 'Might' in English.
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Iliad translation into Zoomer where θυμός is translated as Cortisol
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Naming the twins Eugene and Dysgene to establish early on which one is the evil one
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it's common for russian politicians to name themselves after materials. the best known example is stalin (man of steel), but there's also lenin (man of linen), putin (man of pewter), yeltsin (man of jelly), etc.
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Windows ХР (In Cyrillic XP is pronounced "Hurrrrr")
Wow, so clouds in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia really do look like that! Chinggis Khan and his 19 followers took refugee here in 1203 after their defeat by Ong Khan 王汗 Toghrul of Keraites. He would set out frm here to defeat Ong Khan and unite Mongolia xitter.cf/danyi_X/status/1688373…
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Common misconception. The name 'Minneapolis' actually comes from its local specialty, a tiny serving of ice cream
it doesn't mean "tiny new city" does it, that would be too silly
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Tines New Roman.
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Tornado is morphologically redundant. Torn is already a past participle, then you add -ado to make it a past participle in Spanish too
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The Anglish word for "Papism" is "Daddydom"
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And people from Phoenix, Arizona are Phoenicians.
People from Albany are Albanian.
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women : men :: wombats : bats
What opinion about WOMEN would get you in this position?
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Does the etymology of "yeet" bottom out in PIE "*(H)yeh₁-"
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RFK stands for Radfem Kitler, a popular Twitter account known for hardline opposition to spaying and pet ownership.
Replying to @SaladBarFan
I hate RFK and the MAHA freaks. These people would ban Coke Zero if they ever got the chance.
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Santa Fe is Spanish for Holy Iron.
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