neverbat:

farorescourage:

kaplands:

we should talk more about how ‘macaroni’ in 18th century england was used to mean ‘fashionable’ because a bunch of rich young dudes went to italy and really liked the stuff there

language is weird

humans are weird

#’stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni’ #THAT USED TO CONFUSE ME SO MUCH WHEN I WAS LITTLE
it finally makes sense

WELL THAT’S ONE FUCKING LIFELONG MYSTERY SOLVED

(via clockwork-mockingbird)

Tags: linguistics