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Hugin

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2. Well, crap...

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 16, 2021, 06:50 PM

Mar 2021

Has a confusing story associated with it as well.

Many people think it came from a popular line of toilet fixtures sold by Thomas Crapper. But, no, the word 'crap' existed before and it was only an irony that 'crapper' toilet fixtures were produced. However, the term 'crapper' for a toilet may have originated with those fixtures or maybe not.

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Manure... An interesting fact. [View all] mezame Mar 2021 OP

Funny, but it's folk etymology. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #1

Well, crap... Hugin Mar 2021 #2

Similar to the word "fuck" Wednesdays Mar 2021 #4

Very doubtful. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #6

That's a great site to have in your back pocket Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #9

Check out the German fikken dhol82 Mar 2021 #11

Could be Old Norse to Norwegian dialect "fukka." Ocelot II Mar 2021 #16

Let's face it, those are all related to proto-Germanic. dhol82 Mar 2021 #17

As does the act it describes. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #18

It was, and is, popular. dhol82 Mar 2021 #19

I would wager it goes back to proto Indo European DBoon Mar 2021 #21

Is there a comparable word for fuck in Greek? dhol82 Mar 2021 #22

Yea, not true TimeToGo Mar 2021 #12

Thomas Crapper gets most of the credit for inventing the modern-day flush toilet in abqtommy Mar 2021 #3

What about the poop deck? underpants Mar 2021 #5

Scheiss im Himmel! jeffreyi Mar 2021 #7

Shiiiiiiiiiiiit Yavin4 Mar 2021 #8

file that story under shit, comma bull paulkienitz Mar 2021 #10

There's a series on Netflix about this.... NurseJackie Mar 2021 #13

More facts about "manure" - mushrooms are grown under a bed of horse manure, and..... George II Mar 2021 #14

Another source dlk Mar 2021 #15

You just reminded me of my mother in law Bluesaph Mar 2021 #20