Dude comes from the word doodle. A doodle is a fool or a simpleton. So.. when you call someone 'dude'.. you are calling them.. 'fool'.
DOODLE- A drawing by a fool or to fool. The song Yankee Doodle was meant to be an insult. The drawings look silly and are drawn by a doodle.
DOODLE comes from the German dudeltopf 'simpleton'. It became "make a fool of" in the early 1900s. Tricked again by a stick figure!
Dollop came from dallop ~ "a clump of grass". It became "a lump of liquid" in the early 1800s. A clump of grass with your pie?
Daisy comes from the words 'day' and 'eye' because the petals of a daisy close at night and open during the day. daisy = dayseye
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