#63.
The origin of this word is 150 years old, and traces its roots back to 19th century Boston. It all began in the office of Charles Gordon Greene at the Boston Morning Post. The year was 1839, and among writerly folk, abbreviations were all the rage (think LOLZ, OMG or NBD today). It first appeared as an abbreviation printed in a satirical article about grammar. There are suggestions that the word might come from Europe, a Civil War nickname for biscuits. Still others falsely thought that president Martin Van Buren had invented the term in his presidential campaign, which used the slogan "Vote for X" in reference to both his hometown and his nickname, Old Kinderhook. ID X(the word).
The origin of this word is 150 years old, and traces its roots back to 19th century Boston. It all began in the office of Charles Gordon Greene at the Boston Morning Post. The year was 1839, and among writerly folk, abbreviations were all the rage (think LOLZ, OMG or NBD today). It first appeared as an abbreviation printed in a satirical article about grammar. There are suggestions that the word might come from Europe, a Civil War nickname for biscuits. Still others falsely thought that president Martin Van Buren had invented the term in his presidential campaign, which used the slogan "Vote for X" in reference to both his hometown and his nickname, Old Kinderhook. ID X(the word).
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