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  2. List of common false etymologies of English words - Wikipedia

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    Faggot: The origin of the slur usage of the word "faggot" (originally referring to a bundle of firewood) may be from the term for women used in a similar way to "baggage", i.e. something heavy to be dealt with. The usage may also have been influenced by the British term "fag", meaning a younger schoolboy who acts as an older schoolboy's servant ...

  3. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    from charpoy चारपाई,چارپائی Teen payi (तीन पाय) in Hindi-Urdu, meaning "three legged" or "coffee table". [26] Thug from Thagi ठग,ٹھگ Thag in Hindi-Urdu, meaning "thief or con man". [27] Tickety-boo possibly from Hindi ठीक है, बाबू (ṭhīk hai, bābū), meaning "it's all right, sir". [28]

  4. Bachelor party - Wikipedia

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    A bachelor party (in the United States and in Canada), also known as a stag weekend, stag do or stag party (in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth countries, and Ireland), or a buck's night (in Australia), [1] is a party held for or arranged by a man who is shortly to enter marriage. The party is usually planned by the groom's friends or family.

  5. Buck - Wikipedia

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    Buck, a horse in the film Home on the Range (2004) Buck, a main character in the video game 187 Ride or Die (2005) Buck, Tuck Turtle's cousin in the animated television series Wonder Pets (2006–2013) Buck, a weasel in the animated film Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) Buck, Arlo's triplet sibling in the animated film The Good Dinosaur (2015)

  6. Buck (nickname) - Wikipedia

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    Buck Freeman (pitcher) (1896–1953), American MLB right-handed pitcher; Jerry Freeman (1879–1952), American MLB first baseman; Buck Jordan (1907–1993), American MLB player; Buck Leonard (1907–1997), American baseball player in the Negro leagues, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame; Buck Martinez (born 1948), American former MLB player ...

  7. Blackbuck - Wikipedia

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    The scientific name of the blackbuck Antilope cervicapra stems from the Latin word antalopus ("horned animal"). [2] [3] The specific name cervicapra is composed of the Latin words cervus ("deer") and capra ("she-goat"). [2] [4] The vernacular name "blackbuck" is a reference to the dark brown to black colour of the dorsal part of the coat of the ...

  8. List of Sanskrit and Persian roots in Hindi - Wikipedia

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    The following is an alphabetical (according to Hindi's alphabet) list of Sanskrit and Persian roots, stems, prefixes, and suffixes commonly used in Hindi. अ (a) [ edit ]

  9. Hindustani etymology - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani, also known as Hindi-Urdu, is the vernacular form of two standardized registers used as official languages in India and Pakistan, namely Hindi and Urdu.It comprises several closely related dialects in the northern, central and northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent but is mainly based on Khariboli of the Delhi region.