NationStates Jolt Archive

No historically correct etymologys, such as "fuck stands for For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge," because those aren't so funny. Invent a fake etymology for a curse word.

I'll start this off- Wizard comes from the old wys-ars.

Bugger comes from the name of a man, Ger, who was believed to have commited beastiality with a bug.

You see?

"fuck stands for For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge,"

Um, that is a fake etymology

Whatever. HUMOROUS fake etymologies.

So like?

Bitch is derived from bitty (the little british for activity of brestfeeding). A bitch originally meaning a spiteful mother who refuses to brestfeed her child once he/she surpases the age of 6.

"fuck stands for For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge,"

Um, that is a fake etymology
Yeah, it is dervied from a Germanic language, though it's a really hard word to trace because of tabu on the word.

And no more. There are enough folk etymologies already, we don't need to encourage them.

Infinite dunes got it right. Humorous etymologies.

Actually, the real origin of the word bugger is pretty funny. Basically there used to be this religious sect that thought that the physical world was evil, and that worshipping the cross was idol worship. In order not to bring anyone into this corrupt world they praciticed the only birth control method they knew, aka sodomy. They lived in Bulgaria. Thus comes the term bugger.

Actually, the real origin of the word bugger is pretty funny. Basically there used to be this religious sect that thought that the physical world was evil, and that worshipping the cross was idol worship. In order not to bring anyone into this corrupt world they praciticed the only birth control method they knew, aka sodomy. They lived in Bulgaria. Thus comes the term bugger.

Didn't anyone think of abstinance? :s

Well, no real meanings? Like Fornication Under Consent of King, or Store High In Transport? Oops, already screwed up...

Actually, the real origin of the word bugger is pretty funny. Basically there used to be this religious sect that thought that the physical world was evil, and that worshipping the cross was idol worship. In order not to bring anyone into this corrupt world they praciticed the only birth control method they knew, aka sodomy. They lived in Bulgaria. Thus comes the term bugger.
Weren't they called the Bougar?

Weren't they called the Bougar?
I think so.

shit comes from the ancient greek shi- meaning to make oneself better. The term was formalized under the holy roman empire with the roman adaptation of -it making the word shiit. That meant 'in order to cleanse oneself'. Finally, the term was shortened to the modern English as 'shit' meaning 'to make oneself feel better through cleansing of the rectum'.

No historically correct etymologys, such as "fuck stands for For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge," because those aren't so funny.

Actually, this is untrue. The word comes most likely from ficken, to strike, in Old German.

BLAST refers to the word used by mr noble after his new invention blew up the outhouse.