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Society keeps changing the definition of normal words (thelemmy.club)

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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Boob or booby to mean stupid still lives on in boobytrap.

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[–] RoundTheBlockTwice@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Sort of. Boobytrap comes from the seabird the blue-footed booby. A famously stupid seabird that sailors caught in such a trap.

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