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Two more I thought of, both again in the same time period: "lockjaw" - "1786, earlier locked-jaw (1765), popular name for trismus, also applied to tetanus, fro
by eesmith 4y ago
Two more I thought of, both again in the same time period:
"lockjaw" - "1786, earlier locked-jaw (1765), popular name for trismus, also applied to tetanus, from lock (v.) + jaw (n.)." - https://www.etymonline.com/word/lock-jaw https://www.etymonline.com/word/lock-jaw
"spitfire" - "1610s, "a cannon," from spit (v.) + fire (n.); c. 1600 as an adjective. Meaning "irascible, passionate person" is from 1670s. Replaced earlier shitfire (similar formation in Florentine cacafuoco)." - https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=spitfire https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=spitfire
"shitfire" is attested by 1598 - https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/384219/what-is-the-origin-of-the-american-expression-s-fire https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/384219/what-is-t...