It has a speculative origin of "Full Monty." It is called "Word Detective" (I forget the author's name.) It is probably old hat to the distinguished members of this site, but the articles on word origins are funny as well as informative.
Cheers, Bryan
Cheers, Bryan
You are only wretched and unworthy if you choose to be.
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