My partner decided “loaf” was a weird word so I looked up its etymology and now we know “lord” comes from “loaf-ward” ie guardian of the bread.
etymology
… like kicking a dead whale down the beach.
I kept seeing this phrase on my favorite image-board, and it always seemed so random!
But apparently, it comes from yacc’s author Stephen C. Johnson, while he was complaining about how much it sucks to program for the IBM MVS TSO, ~30 years ago. I never expected it to have any actual history to it!
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What Is Serendipity?
We often credit unexpected events to serendipity. But who amongst us knows The Three Princes of Serendip, the tale from which the word derives?
By: Emily Zarevich
https://daily.jstor.org/what-is-serendipity/
The Three Princes of Serendip:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Princes_of_Serendip
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