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Cringer
03-19-2009, 03:09 PM
I am sure there are guys who know of this site but I just came across it as I was looking into an English site using "per cent" instead of "percent."

hxxp://www.etymonline.com/index.php

After looking at the word I went there for I started jumping through pages as I find it kind of interesting. I thought I would share.

BTW, I found some things I didn't expect to be in there like....

johnson; "penis," 1863, perhaps related to British slang John Thomas, which has the same meaning (1887).

SackAttack
03-19-2009, 04:15 PM
you didn't know 'johnson' is slang for 'penis'?

Cringer
03-19-2009, 04:20 PM
I didn't know the possible origin of johnson being slang for penis.