[FRIAM] for Nick - prurient entymology

[Prof David West]

you are the exemplar etymologist.

On Sat, Oct 3, 2020, at 12:59 PM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
> Dave,
> 
> Why me, oh Lord!  Why me?
> 
> Nick 
> 
> Nicholas Thompson
> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
> Clark University
> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
>  
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Prof David West
> Sent: Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:50 PM
> To: friam at redfish.com
> Subject: [FRIAM] for Nick - prurient entymology
> 
> Avocado - from Aztec (via Spanish) ahucatl, meaning testicle
> 
> Etiquette - little signs that that Louis XIV put out to remind people not to
> pee in the fountains of Versaille
> 
> Bully - from Duth boel meaing lover
> 
> Editor - Roman title for someone charged with organizing human sacrifices
> 
> fascinate from Latin fascinum - penis amulet - and fascinare - charm or hex
> 
> davew
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