Words are never funnier than when they have the ability to make a person wretch. Lots of people have aversions to words like “panties,” “moist,” even “crusty,” either because of the way it sounds or because of the meaning it implies. One friend of mine is completely disgusted by any utterance of “choad.” My personal [...]
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According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, in 1772 the ever puritanical United States of America began using the word “rooster” to describe a male fowl, particularly, the chicken, because the word “cock” had become too well-known as a slang term for part of the male genitalia. Nothing grates on the nerves of a Puritan more [...]
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