Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 days agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square218linkfedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down12
arrow-up1228arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square218linkfedilink
minus-squareYaky@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoAnother one on illegitimate children: “Son of a gun” is a shortened “son of a gun deck”, i.e. conceived by a sailor on a gun deck.
Another one on illegitimate children: “Son of a gun” is a shortened “son of a gun deck”, i.e. conceived by a sailor on a gun deck.