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by hjphjp on September 29th, 2008
The word boogyman comes from a group of pirates that occupied the seas around Sumatra. This was one of the worst seas in the world for cargo ships to pass through and the pirates were greatly feared. They were actually called 'bugi' pirates and the word became synonymous with fear, hence the 'boogyman', but the spelling changed at some point.
What name is given to both a short jacket and Spanish dance?
by keithold is a prodigal bagger on January 18th, 2009
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Do you think it behooves us to retain antiquated words in our vocabulary? (I love that word - behooves)
by dea_ex_machina on April 13th, 2009
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Could this possible be the origin of the nasty word "skank"?
"Sk"intight T"ank"??
by CosmicWunderkind on July 5th, 2010
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How did the word "booty" come to mean your butt?
by raylrodr on April 28th, 2009
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What re the origins of the words, "bootlegger", "redneck", and "leatherneck"?
by cehowski on November 3rd, 2010
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