VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 15 days ago

Society keeps changing the definition of normal words

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Society keeps changing the definition of normal words

VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 15 days ago

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14 days ago
Boob or booby to mean stupid still lives on in boobytrap.
- RoundTheBlockTwice@lemmy.world
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  Sort of. Boobytrap comes from the seabird the blue-footed booby. A famously stupid seabird that sailors caught in such a trap.

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