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What a smartard.
So Richard is too rich? Is that why he's a Dick?
Also
- dull
- boll
- mall
- stand
What about retard? SCNR
I’ve heard that the term “son of a gun” has a similar origin.
See, when a sailing vessel would visit port all the whores would row out to meet it. They’d be hauled into the gun ports and… ply their wares.
Since they didn’t know who in the gun crew was the father, their boys were “sons of a gun”
Hazard is apparently too much danger
Un animal de bât is indeed a pack saddle animal, and bâtard is indeed a bastard so that's pretty cool. Never realised the connection!
-ard in French is also often a negative suffix, like connard which would be a... "cuntard" if you will.
-asse is the feminine variant, although there are inconsistencies, such as pétard / pétasse which are probably related but one is a firecracker, while the other is a tart (the lady kind)
Rude language is always so much fun!
They bring up wizard... But what about bards?
Too b or not too b
Today I learned I might be too ret.
The root means "slow", BTW, so it does get to join that list.
ahh so that's why charizard is so hot
👏👏👏
¡Más chorizo!
I love etymology
people who confuse entomology and etymology bug me in ways i can't put into words
classic
Etymology
: A branch of linguistics concerned with etymologies (origin/history of words)
Entomology
: A branch of zoology that deals with insects
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See also: haggard, laggard, braggart (this one changed to a ‘t’ for some reason), dastard, dullard, and a few others. It’s uncommon but it’s out there!
My utterly baseless theory on braggart is that those folks have always been so MF irritating, through history, that people pronouncing the word just tend to do so using a clipped, terse voice.
"Oh, m'lady, pray tell? T'was Kevin spinning such fanciful yarns for thee? (grits teeth) UGH, that braggart"
I don't care if it's true.
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It's not "too" something; it's just being strong (hardy) or remarkable in that trait. A lot of sources list it as derogatory, but it isn't so in all instances of use.
A wizard is not too wise, but very wise. Renard or Reinhardt is someone who gives good advice or makes good decisions.
The "must" in mustard is juice and pulp which you intend to ferment, because grape must was an ingredient. There's a lot of debate over whether the "ard" is the one in this post or ardens (burning).
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So a lizard must be an excess of Liz?
Oh no, people are gonna start being called "Rizzards" soon.
I've always had a soft spot for the word rizz. Not just is it a shortening of charisma, so more sensible than other zoomer words, but I grew up playing D&D, where wisdom is frequently shortened to Wis, and Cha is bad to say and doesn't rhyme.
language evolves; it will transform intro "Lizards"
this actually the plan of The Government™ ran by evil reptilian people
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“-ard” would mean not so much “excessively” as “by their/its nature”; i.e. a seed/condiment whose very nature is mustiness, a person conceived out of wedlock (which was considered a black mark on one’s character back then), one who is habitually drunk, and so on
What about standard
According to etymonline, it's from the French estandart meaning a military banner, or from the Medieval Latin standardum. These in turn possibly come from the old Frankish standhard, so literally to stand hard like a flag or a long-standing tradition.
I think there’s a wacky Japanese comic book about this
I'd say its more bizarre than wacky.
Don't be too adventurous now
Where's the custard?
Shit piss fuck cunt cocksucker motherfucker tits fart turd and twat
There you go. I cust too much.
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