Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agoNot promoting hate speech but what happened to all the slights/slurs/vulgarity from like the 20s and 40s. There were so many. Now it seems well I can only think of three?message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down15
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareNot promoting hate speech but what happened to all the slights/slurs/vulgarity from like the 20s and 40s. There were so many. Now it seems well I can only think of three?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareZagam@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIts a guess but I bet duped comes from duplicity. Or something with the same root.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI thought for sure you’d be right. But it turns out, no! Dupe comes from 15th century French duppe, thieves’ jargon, thought to come from Latin huppe/hoopoe, an extravagantly crested bird. Duplicity comes from Latin duplicitatem “doubleness”.
minus-squareZagam@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoHuh. Well, there’s the thing I learned today. Thanks!
Its a guess but I bet duped comes from duplicity. Or something with the same root.
I thought for sure you’d be right. But it turns out, no! Dupe comes from 15th century French duppe, thieves’ jargon, thought to come from Latin huppe/hoopoe, an extravagantly crested bird. Duplicity comes from Latin duplicitatem “doubleness”.
Huh. Well, there’s the thing I learned today. Thanks!