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Posted on: 2011-12-22 21:18 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Anyone familiar with the basic history of the world should be familiar with the meaning of this word...
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I'm a bit welmed that people still want to discuss this.
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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Hey, hey, HEY! That's MY signature response!
 Along with a multitude of facepalms, facedesks, implied facepalms and full auto machine gun fire  |
Well I looked up some Etymology ('study of words') articles. Words never change meanings over time, eh? Straight copy and paste:
The word Nice used to be an insult and meant foolish or stupid in the 13th century and it went through many changes right through to the 18th century with meanings like wanton, extravagant, elegant, strange, modest, thin, and shy or coy. Now it means a good & pleasing or thoughtful & kind.
Silly meant blessed or happy in the 11th century and went through pious, innocent, harmless, pitiable and feeble minded before ending up as foolish or stupid.
Pretty started as crafty; this changed to clever or skillfully made, then to fine and ended up as beautiful.
other changes:
Word ______ Original Meaning
Awful________ Deserving of awe
Bead _________Prayer
Brave_________ Cowardice (as in bravado)
Girl__________ Young person of either sex
Neck_________ Parcel of land (as in neck of the woods)
Nuisance______ Injury, harm
Sophisticated___Corrupted
This whole thread is worthy of Decimation...