Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 days agoNot promoting hate speech but what happened to all the slights/slurs/vulgarity from like the 20s and 40s. There were so many. Now it seems well I can only think of three?message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down14
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareNot promoting hate speech but what happened to all the slights/slurs/vulgarity from like the 20s and 40s. There were so many. Now it seems well I can only think of three?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoI thought for sure you’d be right. But it turns out, no! Dupe comes from 15th century French duppe, thieves’ jargon, thought to come from Latin huppe/hoopoe, an extravagantly crested bird. Duplicity comes from Latin duplicitatem “doubleness”.
minus-squareZagam@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoHuh. Well, there’s the thing I learned today. Thanks!
I thought for sure you’d be right. But it turns out, no! Dupe comes from 15th century French duppe, thieves’ jargon, thought to come from Latin huppe/hoopoe, an extravagantly crested bird. Duplicity comes from Latin duplicitatem “doubleness”.
Huh. Well, there’s the thing I learned today. Thanks!