Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWoman Arrested Mid-Interview After Protesting Against Trump’s Venezuela Strikewww.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square144linkfedilinkarrow-up1389arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1387arrow-down1external-linkWoman Arrested Mid-Interview After Protesting Against Trump’s Venezuela Strikewww.yahoo.comWashedupcynic@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square144linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCatoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI don’t see anywhere on there that gives the etymology as an abbreviation? Etymonline gives the following: rap(n.) early 14c., rappe, “a quick, light blow; a resounding stroke,” […] native or borrowed from a Scandinavian source Slang meaning “a rebuke, the blame, responsibility” is from 1777; specific meaning “criminal indictment” (as in rap sheet, 1960) is from 1903
I don’t see anywhere on there that gives the etymology as an abbreviation? Etymonline gives the following: