Friday, June 5, 2015

10 Fascinating and Unexpected Origins of Words-- Part 2

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5.  BOYCOTT--  Named for Captain Charles Boycott, an English real estate agent in Ireland.  Means to voluntarily abstain.

4.  MESMERIZE--  Named for Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologist who used hypnotism.

3.  HOOVER--  Named for William Henry Hoover of vacuum cleaner fame.

2.  SANDWICH--  John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.  You know what he did.

1.  SADISM/MASOCHISM--    Named for The Marquis de Sade and Leopold von Sacker Masock.

--DaCoot

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