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minus-squareFilthyShrooms@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 days agoHe went on to name a bunch of birds afterwards, like boobies and tits
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoTit just used to mean small. That’s how the word came to be used for some boobs, then all boobs. Perhaps teat (nipple) got shortened also, but the bird is named for being small There’s also the titmouse which is littler than other mice
minus-squareKacarott@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoId have thought that boobs and tits were rather named after the birds as euphemisms
He went on to name a bunch of birds afterwards, like boobies and tits
Tit just used to mean small. That’s how the word came to be used for some boobs, then all boobs. Perhaps teat (nipple) got shortened also, but the bird is named for being small
There’s also the titmouse which is littler than other mice
Id have thought that boobs and tits were rather named after the birds as euphemisms