Humorous etymology?

[Dinosaur]

Several years ago, somebody said the following was the origin of the word polytics.

• Poli from Greek "poly" meaning many & tics from Anglo Saxon meaning blood sucking parasites.

Does anyone here know of other such word origins?

[skaught]

it would certaily be fitting.

[darini]

lol, best definition ever.

cheers

[iceaura]

The movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" had the Greek etymology of "kimono".

Something to do with snow, IIRC, and robes worn as protection agaisnt the cold.

[melodicbard]

But Kimono is japanese

[Fraggle Rocker]

But Kimono is Japanese.

But the people were Americans. Japanese is so phonetically impoverished that it's full of homonyms. I'm sure you could come up with ten different combinations of words that would be pronounced ki-mo-no. In fact the Japanese do that for a pastime, especially with names. I had a friend whose name means "Little Sunshine Girl," but she could write it in different kanji to mean "Honey Child." Sorry, it's been thirty years so all I remember is the anecdote, not the actual name.

[Dinosaur]

In the Greek wedding movie, the bride's Greek father atrributed almost everything to the Greek culture. Why not the etymology of a Japanese word?

I do not remember that incident from the movie but remember the father giving the Greek culture credit for almost everything.

[melodicbard]

Dinosaur,

I haven't watched the movie and so did not get the joke, thanks for clarifying.

[FelixC]

1. In the Greek wedding movie, the bride's Greek father atrributed almost everything to the Greek culture.
2. Why not the etymology of a Japanese word?

D:
1. greeks may have bragging rights to much of "western" culture, definitely to many words in the English language, either directly or via concepts
"demos" "kratos"
"ge" "metria"
found this <cite> http://www.etymonline.com </cite>

2. don't you find it ironic that we're using a "greek" word to say "origin of"?

[Zephyr]

The Kimono scene starts at 2:16 in this vid.

[quantum_wave]

I'm not sure I get the Kimono joke, accept that grandpa was "barmy".

Reminds me of a game we used to play, pretending to come up with the source of words. It was best to make it up and say it with an aire of elitist pretense.

For example:

Barmy comes from barm, a form of the British "bum" for rear end, and a colloquial use of army meaning "smarmy", an insincere ass, hence barmy means a dumb ass. I guess the game wasn't all that much fun .