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minus-squareFilthyShrooms@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·13 天前He went on to name a bunch of birds afterwards, like boobies and tits
minus-squareKacarott@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·13 天前Id have thought that boobs and tits were rather named after the birds as euphemisms
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-212 天前Tit just used to mean small. That’s how the word came to be used for some boobs, then all boobs. Perhaps teat (nipple) got shortened also, but the bird is named for being small There’s also the titmouse which is littler than other mice
He went on to name a bunch of birds afterwards, like boobies and tits
Id have thought that boobs and tits were rather named after the birds as euphemisms
Tit just used to mean small. That’s how the word came to be used for some boobs, then all boobs. Perhaps teat (nipple) got shortened also, but the bird is named for being small
There’s also the titmouse which is littler than other mice