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Innocent: often wrongly believed to have the original meaning of "not knowing", as if it came from Latin noscere (to know); in fact it comes from nocere (to harm), and the primary sense is "harmless".
The addition of the phrase fuck you to the misconception came when it was claimed that the English yelled that they could still pluck yew, (yew wood being the preferred material for longbows at the time), a phrase that evolved into the modern fuck you. [12]
Nor did it originate as a corruption of "pluck yew" (an idiom falsely attributed to the English for drawing a longbow). It is most likely derived from Middle Dutch or other Germanic languages , where it either meant "to thrust" or "to copulate with" ( fokken in Middle Dutch), "to copulate", or "to strike, push, copulate" or "penis".
The suffix taxus refers to the yew plant. Together these names mean "head yew" which is in reference to the flower structures that appear as tight clusters or heads. The needle like leaves resemble a yew thus the name "head yew". [2] The common name plum yew comes from the cones that resemble a plum in both shape and color. [2]
Zooey Deschanel is a fun and festive mom! The actress, 44, attended an event for The Simpsons’ latest holiday special, "O C’mon All Ye Faithful," on Friday, Dec. 13, when she was accompanied ...
The Cynic philosopher Diogenes, pictured by Gérôme with the large jar in which he lived; when strangers at the inn were expressing their wish to catch sight of the great orator Demosthenes, Diogenes is said to have stuck out his middle finger and exclaimed "This, for you, is the demagogue of the Athenians."
Thanksgiving can be a beautiful celebration, but with all the travel, guest accommodation, cooking, cleaning, drinking, and cleaning again, it can be easy to feel kitchen burnout in the following ...
U.S. audiences will have to wait a little longer to get their Paddington fix, as the successful film franchise’s third installment, “Paddington in Peru,” shifts from a Jan. 2025 release to ...