The results are in.

Last week, with two new beautifully screen printed Geebags by HomeBound (above) at Jam Art Prints on offer, we asked you to share interesting word origins.

It was an etymological spree worthy of a boozy soiree around Samuel Johnson’s gaff.

But alas, only one winner.

Rapscallion snatches gets the pair of Geebags with these intriguing word roots:

“Slogan comes from the Irish for war cry.

“Nazi isn’t short for Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. It’s a pre-existing term for a country bumpkin that plays on the rural Catholic preponderance for Ignatius of Loyola. Anti Nazis just borrowed it.

“Tanks (land based Ironclads) are tanks thanks to Churchill (in part). The code name for the top secret development project was supposed to be Water Containers for Russia. Churchill said the military would shorten it to WCs for Russia and changed Container to tanks. The Russians changed sides and the military did indeed shorten it. To tanks.”

Tanks Thanks all

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