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Monday, August 14, 2023

Bad Etymology

Condemn, v.t. from Latin con together and demonstro I show: to proceed with due ostentation in joining a chorus of performative disapproval.

Truculent, adj. from Middle English triewe trustworthy and Old French cul the backside; hence, after the fashion of a genuine arse.

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