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History of Evolution Theory – Darwin's, Huxley's and Royal Society ▶️️ As always, filters on (narrator has a god complex)

#EvolutionHoax #MindControl #TransHumanism #Programming
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#CelebrityWorshipSyndrome #Fanatic #Etymology #Meme #FriendlyReminder

fanatic (n.)
1520s, "insane person," from Latin fanaticus "mad, enthusiastic, inspired by a god," also "furious, mad," originally, "pertaining to a temple," from fanum "temple, shrine, consecrated place," related to festus "festive" (see feast (n.)). Meaning "zealous person, person affected by enthusiasm" is from 1640s. As an adjective, in English, 1530s, "furious;" meaning "characterized by excessive enthusiasm," especially in religion (of Nonconformists), is from 1640s.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/fanatic
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#Queer #Seltsam #Etymology #Etymologie

seltsam (Adj.)
c. 1500, "seltsam, eigenartig, seltsam, exzentrisch", aus dem Schottischen, vielleicht aus dem Niederdeutschen (Braunschweiger Dialekt) queer "schräg, außermittig", das mit deutsch quer "schräg, pervers, seltsam" verwandt ist, von althochdeutsch twerh "schräg" (von PIE-Wurzel *terkw- "verdrehen"). Für die vorgeschlagene Sinnentwicklung vergleiche quer (adj.). Der OED lehnt diese Etymologie jedoch aus zeitlichen und inhaltlichen Gründen ab.
Die Bedeutung "anders erscheinen, fühlen oder sich anders verhalten als üblich oder normal" ist von 1781. Die umgangssprachliche Bedeutung "verdächtig, zweifelhaft an der Ehrlichkeit" stammt aus dem Jahr 1740. Als umgangssprachliches Substantiv bedeutet es seit 1812 "Falschgeld"; "to shove the queer" (1859) bedeutete "Falschgeld weitergeben". Queer Street (1811) war der imaginäre Ort, an dem Personen in Schwierigkeiten und zwielichtige Gestalten lebten, daher im allgemeinen Sprachgebrauch "entgegen den eigenen Wünschen".
Die Bedeutung "homosexuell" ist bis 1922 bezeugt; das Substantiv in dieser Bedeutung ist 1935 aus dem Adjektiv entstanden. Verwandt: Queerly. Queer Studies als akademische Disziplin ist seit 1994 belegt.
Zu den Einträgen im "Lexicon Balatronicum" von 1811 gehören: Queer as Dick's Hatband "Außer Rand und Band, ohne seine Krankheit zu kennen"; Queer Bitch "Ein absonderlicher Kerl"; Queer Ken "Ein Gefängnis"; Queer Mort "Eine kranke Dirne"; Queer Rooster "Ein Spitzel, der vorgibt zu schlafen und dadurch die Gespräche von Dieben in Nachtkellern belauscht."

queer (adj.)
c. 1500, "strange, peculiar, odd, eccentric," from Scottish, perhaps from Low German (Brunswick dialect) queer "oblique, off-center," which is related to German quer "oblique, perverse, odd," from Old High German twerh "oblique" (from PIE root *terkw- "to twist"). For the suggested sense evolution, compare cross (adj.). But OED is against this etymology on grounds of timing and sense.
The meaning "appearing, feeling, or behaving otherwise than is usual or normal" is by 1781. The colloquial sense of "open to suspicion, doubtful as to honesty" is by 1740. As a slang noun, "counterfeit money," by 1812; to shove the queer (1859) was "to pass counterfeit money. Queer Street (1811) was the imaginary place where persons in difficulties and shady characters lived, hence, in cant generally, "contrary to one's wishes."
Sense of "homosexual" is attested by 1922; the noun in this sense is 1935, from the adjective. Related: Queerly. Queer studies as an academic discipline is attested from 1994.
Among the entries in the 1811 "Lexicon Balatronicum" are: Queer as Dick's Hatband "Out of order without knowing one's disease"; Queer Bitch "An odd out of the way fellow"; Queer Ken "A prison";  Queer Mort "A diseased strumpet";  Queer Rooster "An informer that pretends to be sleeping and thereby overhears the conversation of thieves in nightcellars."

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