The Etymology of Boobs

I fucking hate languages. The Greeks had this word, right, we have no idea where it came from, it just kinda popped up out of nowhere, and it could mean either apples, cheeks, or boobs. Problem is it looked and sounded “exactly” like another, unrelated word which could mean sheep, goat, or any animal in general really, which must have got confusing if you were a farmer talking about your livestock, but anyway... Then the Romans, having stolen practically everything else from the Greeks, thought they’d nick this word too, because Latin isn’t confusing enough without throwing in a bunch of loan words. And they adopted it to mean a pumpkin. Then the English came along and were all like “when in Rome”, and stole it, where it became our word ‘melon’. Which has now come back to mean boobs. How do you like them apples. I fucking love languages. In case anyone doubts the veracity of this: melon (n.) late 14c., from Old French melon (13c.), from Medieval Latin melōnem (nominative melo), from Latin mēlōne(m), a kind of pumpkin, from Greek mēlopépōn, “a name for several kinds of gourds bearing sweet fruit”; from melō “apple” (see “melon”) + pepōn, a probably noun use of pepōn “ripe” (see pumpkin). In Greek, melon was used in a generic way for all foreign fruits (compare similmater use of apple). The Greek plural of melōn was used from ancient times for “a girl’s breasts.” [ source ] Calling boobs ‘melons’ literally transcends culture, time, and language. official boob post

A dark-mode social media screenshot explains the supposed etymology of “melon,” connecting Greek words for apples and foreign fruits, Roman borrowing, and the English slang meaning for breasts. The punchline is that calling breasts “melons” supposedly transcends cultures, historical periods, and languages, ending with a deliberately absurd “official boob post.” EN: A dark-mode social media screenshot explains the supposed etymology of “melon,” connecting Greek words for apples and foreign fruits, Roman borrowing, and the English slang meaning for breasts. The punchline is that calling breasts “melons” supposedly transcends cultures, historical periods, and languages, ending with a deliberately absurd “official boob post.”

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