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[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I love this link.

Considering it's coming up pretty close to being a century old, I'm actually surprised how much of this has made it into the common lexicon.

I feel like even the etymology on capped could be interesting and maybe share a common source with modern cap.