Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down10
arrow-up1183arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square153fedilink
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)
I’ve heard that it’s shortened “son of a gun deck”, conceived on a gun deck, which would be enclosed and quiet(er)