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Speaking of wild etymology, a while ago I learnt that the word "bulldozer" originally meant "a dose of bull-whip", and guess who was the target of said whipping...
Wow.
This following two are contested. The context is that strong male slaves were often called bucks.
I have tried to stop saying buck-wild and buck-naked.
These terms might be US only but they've very common where I live.
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