Oct 30 2009
TGI Stream-of-Consciousness Friday
Look — a pair of balls.
Speaking of balls, how’s this for a crazy title for a science article:
French Male Bears In Immediate Need Of More Females
C’mon. The anthropomorphic sexual innuendo had to be intentional. Didn’t it?
Innuendo. That’s an odd word. Like the bears, is it also French?
Nope. This from The Online Etymology Dictionary:
1678, “oblique hint, indiscreet suggestion,” usually a depreciatory one, from L. innuendo “by meaning, pointing to,” lit. “giving a nod to,” abl. of ger. of innuere “to mean, signify,” lit. “to nod to,” from in- “at” + nuere “to nod.”
Well, that was fun for me. I hope it was fun for you.
