[FRIAM] for Nick - prurient entymology
Prof David West
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Sat Oct 3 14:50:10 EDT 2020
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
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