16 Strange Word Origins That No One Would Expect

nootens Published 03/13/2021

Etymologies are funny, and a lot of times they can seem pretty separate from whatever a given word means or how it's used. Case in point, basically all the words on this list.

These aren't just for English nerds. There's a little bit of bite-size information in each picture, so feel free to scroll past any that seem boring and just read the one actually funny one.

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