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Has anyone come across or even come up with a ridiculous alternative etymology for a word? Apart from being funny, such "etymologies" might be useful for remembering new words in foreign languages or for making people look up the actual etymology.
Let's hear your best etymology jokes. I was browsing Etymonline earlier and came across two authorial jokes: the first in the entry for gaol and the second in the entry for chivalric . That got me to thinking: I've heard plenty of linguistics jokes with varying levels of actual humor, but I can't recall any jokes based primarily on etymology.
6 cze 2023 · Rather than tracing every word in this list back to its ultimate origin point, here’s (at least) one interesting way station each of these common words made on its journey to the present day ...
Goddamn it--I thought that this would be about actual Old English (i.e. Anglo-Saxon) words that should make a comeback, like gebeorscipe . For the record, twattle (#10) is still in use, though somewhat uncommon. "Bah, what a bunch of useless twattle!"
14 lis 2018 · They are so uplifting they sound like they came straight from your parent's mouth, 'you're special' or 'you can do anything if you put your mind to it,' and let's not forget 'when life gives you lemons make lemonade,' and all the other happy-go-lucky bullcrap of motivational quotes.
18 maj 2023 · 22 Famous Sayings With Weird Origins You Might Not Know. From literary to nautical, these sayings have a rich history! by Jeremy Hayes. BuzzFeed Contributor. Most common sayings and expressions...
5 paź 2016 · Similarly, Morton repeats the heroic yet sadly untrue tale of gentle Sir Loin: According to one well-known folk etymology, King James I once pulled out his sword in the midst of a banquet and dubbed an especially tasty cut of beef “Sir Loin.”.
