The way I heard it was these American rich kids would do tours of Europe. When they got to Italy they encountered pasta for the first time, and thought it was absolutely the best coolest food ever. "Macaroni" became their word for cool/lit/fire according to your age and preference
Wikipedia editors I know you got a lot on your plate but can we please get a definitive answer on "least dandified Londoner" at some point? This is embarrassing.
While I'm not really sure about the etymology of the word, in modern German, "Dödel" means "dong", although it certainly can also be used in the sense of "idiot".
Also, when used as a verb, it basically means to dawdle. Yes, the likelihood of both words being related is very high.
Now imagine you lose a war to them and they play this as you march away in defeat.
While the French in America be like: "Your mother was a whore and your father was a drunk!"
That's why we always got along with the French. Similar childhood experiences
The way I heard it was these American rich kids would do tours of Europe. When they got to Italy they encountered pasta for the first time, and thought it was absolutely the best coolest food ever. "Macaroni" became their word for cool/lit/fire according to your age and preference
It was a reference to macaroni fashion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_(fashion)
Wikipedia editors I know you got a lot on your plate but can we please get a definitive answer on "least dandified Londoner" at some point? This is embarrassing.
While I'm not really sure about the etymology of the word, in modern German, "Dödel" means "dong", although it certainly can also be used in the sense of "idiot".
Also, when used as a verb, it basically means to dawdle. Yes, the likelihood of both words being related is very high.
Yank my doodle it's a dandy!
Yankee was of Dutch origin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee
I never would have associated Yankee with Jan
Better to be a strong dumb bumpkin than an effete elitist British dickhead.
A contest without winners really