ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Bluesky@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThere's a reason why polls say Social Media ranks higher in trust than News todaydiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSpeaking for wild etymology, a while ago I learnt that the word “bulldozer” originally meant “a dose of bull-whip”, and guess who was the target of said whipping…
minus-squareᴍᴜᴛɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴡᴀᴠᴇ @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoWow. This following two are contested. The context is that strong male slaves were often called bucks. I have tried to stop saying buck-wild and buck-naked. These terms might be US only but they’ve very common where I live.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoLearning is fun! And sometimes makes you lose faith in humanity!
Speaking for wild etymology, a while ago I learnt that the word “bulldozer” originally meant “a dose of bull-whip”, and guess who was the target of said whipping…
Wow.
This following two are contested. The context is that strong male slaves were often called bucks.
I have tried to stop saying buck-wild and buck-naked.
These terms might be US only but they’ve very common where I live.
Learning is fun! And sometimes makes you lose faith in humanity!