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I mean, I’ve got a pretty good idea why it never caught on in English...

• hnick 7y ago
  It pre-dates the slang term by quite a while, unless it was around back in 1989? I don't recall seeing that online until the last decade or so.
  • mcphage 7y ago
    Dictionary.com claims it dates back to at least 1977, but I have no idea.
  • nereye 7y ago
    Wiktionary has it as far back as 1972, see https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/taint https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/taint.