Timeline for Origin of the idiom "butt of jokes"
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| Jun 15, 2020 at 7:40 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
Commonmark migration
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:38 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://english.stackexchange.com/ with https://english.stackexchange.com/
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| Apr 8, 2011 at 13:38 | comment | added | Colin Fine | "Butt" meaning "rear-end of a person" derives from "butt" meaning "rear end of a weapon", not the other way round. | |
| Apr 7, 2011 at 20:09 | comment | added | Carty239 | As an addendum, I would also like to point out, that in the English language, 'butt' meaning something blunt derives from it's original meaning of a large barrel rather than the human posterior. Hence the infamous lane in the UK 'Butthole Lane' which made the news when take-away companies refused to deliver food there, thinking it was a joke, rather than named after a damaged vessel! | |
| Apr 7, 2011 at 18:31 | history | edited | MrHen | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
retraction
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| Apr 7, 2011 at 17:02 | comment | added | MrHen | PS: TVTropes warning. | |
| Apr 7, 2011 at 17:00 | history | answered | MrHen | CC BY-SA 2.5 |