no banana@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoPublic service announcement media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square90linkfedilinkarrow-up11K
arrow-up11KimagePublic service announcement media.piefed.worldno banana@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square90linkfedilink
minus-squareF/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoIt’s a borrowed African word. Borrowed in the 1800s. Borrowed by Americans. Borrowed. But it eventually shifted at some point in the last century to the definition most people are familiar with, though I can’t figure out how or why.
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoperhaps you are looking for the word loanword can i lend it to you?
It’s a borrowed African word. Borrowed in the 1800s. Borrowed by Americans. Borrowed. But it eventually shifted at some point in the last century to the definition most people are familiar with, though I can’t figure out how or why.
perhaps you are looking for the word loanword can i lend it to you?
Huh, well TIL, thanks!