Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square218linkfedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down11
arrow-up1229arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square218linkfedilink
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·6 days ago“Son of a gun” is from when sailing ships would come into port. The sex workers would row out to them and have sex with an entire gun crew. When the kid was born they didn’t know who the father was so he was a “son of a gun” aka a bastard.
minus-squareYaky@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 days agoI’ve heard that it’s shortened “son of a gun deck”, conceived on a gun deck, which would be enclosed and quiet(er)
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agosaid in an aussie accent everyone needs a bigger gun deck.
minus-squareFosterMolasses@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoNice, I didn’t know that
“Son of a gun” is from when sailing ships would come into port. The sex workers would row out to them and have sex with an entire gun crew.
When the kid was born they didn’t know who the father was so he was a “son of a gun” aka a bastard.
I’ve heard that it’s shortened “son of a gun deck”, conceived on a gun deck, which would be enclosed and quiet(er)
said in an aussie accent
everyone needs a bigger gun deck.
Nice, I didn’t know that