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by BillyGEE on July 31st, 2008

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Where did the word "smut" originate...??? Is it an anagram,,? or is it Latin...?

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  • by Galeanda on July 31st, 2008

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    smut (n.)
    1664, "black mark, stain," from verb smutten "debase, defile" (early 15c.), cognate with M.H.G. smotzen "make dirty," from W.Gmc. *smutt- (cf. M.H.G. smuz "grease, dirt," Ger. Schmutz "dirt," Ger. schmutzen "to make dirty"). The meaning "indecent or obscene language" is first attested 1668 (implied in smutty).

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