merc@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoTIL that in the 1860s one meaning of "Trump" was "A good fellow; an excellent person".archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in the 1860s one meaning of "Trump" was "A good fellow; an excellent person".archive.orgmerc@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·10 months agoNimrod used to mean a might hunter. Awful was a good thing, and awesome would make you shit your paints in fear. Words don’t just change slowly, sometimes the do a 180 overnight
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months ago Words don’t just change slowly, sometimes the do a 180 overnight Like when gate turn into a suffix meaning scandal due to the Watergategate
Nimrod used to mean a might hunter.
Awful was a good thing, and awesome would make you shit your paints in fear.
Words don’t just change slowly, sometimes the do a 180 overnight
Like when gate turn into a suffix meaning scandal due to the Watergategate
Literally