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aleatorius) wrote2011-05-11 10:29 pm
aleatorius) wrote2011-05-11 10:29 pm
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не про Навального, но в тему
Origin of the word "crap"
It has often been claimed in popular culture that the slang term for human waste, "crap", originated with Thomas Crapper because of his association with lavatories. The most common version of this story is that American servicemen stationed in England during World War I saw his name on cisterns and used it as army slang, i.e., "I'm going to the crapper".[8]
The word crap is actually of Middle English origin, and first appeared according to the Oxford English Dictionary in 1846 under a reference to a crapping ken, or a privy, where ken means a house.[8]
Its most likely etymological origin is a combination of two older words, the Dutch krappen, to pluck off, cut off, or separate; and the Old French crappe, or siftings or waste or rejected matter, from medieval Latin crappa, chaff.[8]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crapper
случайно нагуглил новое словцо:
crap·shoot noun \ˈkrap-ˌshüt\
Definition of CRAPSHOOT
: something (as a business venture) that has an unpredictable outcome
Origin of the word "crap"
It has often been claimed in popular culture that the slang term for human waste, "crap", originated with Thomas Crapper because of his association with lavatories. The most common version of this story is that American servicemen stationed in England during World War I saw his name on cisterns and used it as army slang, i.e., "I'm going to the crapper".[8]
The word crap is actually of Middle English origin, and first appeared according to the Oxford English Dictionary in 1846 under a reference to a crapping ken, or a privy, where ken means a house.[8]
Its most likely etymological origin is a combination of two older words, the Dutch krappen, to pluck off, cut off, or separate; and the Old French crappe, or siftings or waste or rejected matter, from medieval Latin crappa, chaff.[8]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crapper
случайно нагуглил новое словцо:
crap·shoot noun \ˈkrap-ˌshüt\
Definition of CRAPSHOOT
: something (as a business venture) that has an unpredictable outcome
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В старое время людей с такими фамилиями в англоязычные страны не посылали
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как то в окне сцепилось два слова, и выпали подсказки
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ой ой!
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Филологи смешные. Понятно же, что слово вошло в обиход из-за сантехника Краппера, но они всё равно настаивают на средневековых корнях, потому что какой-то "crapping ken", про которого наверняка никто слыхом не слыхивал.