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Ozymandias:
--- Quote from: pintsizeshomie on 30 Dec 2006, 02:10 ---Interesting fact- did you know Shakespeare invented the word Assassin? It comes from the word hash, because Arabic assassins used to smoke a bunch of reefer before they killed someone.
SKOOLED
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Shakespeare almost certainly didn't invent the word, since it comes from the Arabic sect Hashshashin and is easily Romanized to be assassin, long before Shakespeare's time.
Furthermore, there is no evidence the sect even called themselves that, and was likely attributed to them as more of a general term for lawbreakers and outlaws, derived from the Egyptian Hashasheen. The relationship between assassin and hashish(the actual Arabic word instead of the American slang) is likely less sinister, generally meaning that assassins and hashish users were both shunned from society.
I hate it when marijuana lore tries to make it seem more significant than it really is.
Storm Rider:
I believe that is double-'skooled'.
elcapitan:
Ozy, thanks for doing that. You're a man after my own etymological heart.
David_Dovey:
I am listening to the Beastie Boys right now. I MUST be drunk!
I promise to post something in here before I fall asleep on New Year's Eve
SilentJ:
--- Quote from: Ozymandias on 30 Dec 2006, 03:00 ---
--- Quote from: pintsizeshomie on 30 Dec 2006, 02:10 ---Interesting fact- did you know Shakespeare invented the word Assassin? It comes from the word hash, because Arabic assassins used to smoke a bunch of reefer before they killed someone.
SKOOLED
--- End quote ---
Shakespeare almost certainly didn't invent the word, since it comes from the Arabic sect Hashshashin and is easily Romanized to be assassin, long before Shakespeare's time.
Furthermore, there is no evidence the sect even called themselves that, and was likely attributed to them as more of a general term for lawbreakers and outlaws, derived from the Egyptian Hashasheen. The relationship between assassin and hashish(the actual Arabic word instead of the American slang) is likely less sinister, generally meaning that assassins and hashish users were both shunned from society.
I hate it when marijuana lore tries to make it seem more significant than it really is.
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He did, however, invent the word "puke."
...unless I am horribly mistaken.
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