Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down10
arrow-up1184arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square153fedilink
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 hours ago“Son of a gun” is from when sailing ships would come into port. The sex workers would row out to them and have sex with an entire gun crew. When the kid was born they didn’t know who the father was so he was a “son of a gun” aka a bastard.
minus-squareYaky@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agoI’ve heard that it’s shortened “son of a gun deck”, conceived on a gun deck, which would be enclosed and quiet(er)
“Son of a gun” is from when sailing ships would come into port. The sex workers would row out to them and have sex with an entire gun crew.
When the kid was born they didn’t know who the father was so he was a “son of a gun” aka a bastard.
I’ve heard that it’s shortened “son of a gun deck”, conceived on a gun deck, which would be enclosed and quiet(er)