▲ 231 ▼ What's an interesting etymology for a common term? (feddit.uk) submitted 3 months ago by Iconoclast@feddit.uk to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 213 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Yaky@slrpnk.net 1 point 3 months ago Another one on illegitimate children: "Son of a gun" is a shortened "son of a gun deck", i.e. conceived by a sailor on a gun deck. permalink fedilink source parent