MacN'Cheezus to [email protected] • 3 days agoAnon is Bri’ishlemmy.todayimagemessage-square171fedilinkarrow-up1833
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minus-squareEcho Dotlinkfedilink4•3 days agoIt’s an odd one because it wasn’t even a word in common usage until about 50 years ago, so I don’t understand where the Americans got their attitude from since it appears to have been entirely self-generated.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•3 days agoFrom Wikipedia It goes back to at least the year 1230, and was excluded from the OED from the 18th century until 1960. So it wasn’t just Americans.
It’s an odd one because it wasn’t even a word in common usage until about 50 years ago, so I don’t understand where the Americans got their attitude from since it appears to have been entirely self-generated.
From Wikipedia
It goes back to at least the year 1230, and was excluded from the OED from the 18th century until 1960. So it wasn’t just Americans.