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Fake Etymologies
For each fake etymology, come up with the word whose origin it is supposedly describing.
These are NOT the words' real origins!
These are what many people inaccurately BELIEVE their origins to be.
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Fake Etymology
Word
The shady and more expensive cabins on a round-trip voyage: port out, starboard home
Posh
A reference to political cartoonist Thomas Nast (1840-1902).
Nasty
These were given out to insure prompt service.
Tips
This person is like a man, but with a womb.
Woman
The medical designation for a complete cessation of motor activity.
Coma
The Duesenberg car company made some very fine cars indeed!
Doozy
A British king loved steak so much he knighted it.
Sirloin
Originally, only gentlemen could play this sport, and ladies were forbidden.
Golf
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Politicians would send spies to go and sip some ale at local taverns to find out what their constituents were saying.
Gossip
American cowboys got called this because they would sing "Green Grow the Rushes, O."
Gringo
Napoleon said this was only good for feeding to his horse, Nicole: "C'est bon pour Nicole!"
Pumpernickel
A moth flew into the Harvard Mark II computer, shorting it out.
(Computer) Bug
Oxford students lacking noble titles had to write "sine nobilitate" in their books.
Snob
This made Mary, Queen of Scots feel better when she was ill, or when "Marie est malade."
Marmalade
The military used this as a general purpose vehicle.
Jeep (GP)
The company that created this substance had offices in New York and London.
Nylon
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Sifhraven
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Apr 26, 2020
Interesting idea. I got 11 wouldn't mind seeing more of these, so I'll nominate. (And risk it being brought out to the masses, which might trigger a whole lot of discussions in the comments haha)
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