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Man cannot live by bread alone, so et a mology.You et 'em all? Oh gee! I'm on a roll. Someone stop me!  Surprised no one has mentioned the etymology of "bikini".
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http://www.greatauk.com/wqetymology.htmlAt the above URL you can find etymology of "bikini" from name of atoll where atomic bomb was tested
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Your number 30 is open to some question, Dr. Bill. http://www.wordorigins.org/wordorj.htm and scroll down to jeep
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Long before the bikini became the style, I saw a babe with a strapless rubber bathing suit dive off a 17 foot diving board. When she hit the water close to me, the bra scooped up enough water to greatly dilate the suit, which was then left on the surface, where I was able to retrieve it. Was she upset. Though tempted, I did not hold it for ransom.
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etymology of "bikini" from name of atoll where atomic bomb was tested
And why that atoll, at all?
Now Dr. Bill, don't reveal too much; let others have their fun!
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a strapless rubber bathing suit ... was then left on the surface ... Though tempted, I did not hold it for ransom.
There once was a maid on the Corso
Who displayed rather much of her torso.
But I have to confess
No one cried out for less,
And some were in favor of morso.
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She lost her Jantzen, but did not lose her furbelow.
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I was just browsing in Chaucer, and ran across this word:duszeyne . Reading it, it sounds like deuce- zehn - and it dawned on me it meant "dozen".
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Not etymology, but word history here... In my college Chaucer class, the professor pointed out that in The Cantebury Tales "to spew" as a slang term for vomiting has its first recorded use. Pretty funny considering that it's still popular today.
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More Chaucer: And Emelye, hir yonge suster sheene,
And Emelye, her bright (beautiful) young sister,
"sheene" obviouly cognate with German "schöne"
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