The Random Question Thread

[Gameface]

tl; dnl


Could you please just post a quote from the article?


(the first l is lazy, the second is look)

You had it. Mug means face and it's a shot of a face.

 

[moevillini]

You had it. Mug means face and it's a shot of a face.

OK. Thanks.

I guess now I need to understand how that came to be.

 

[moevillini]

mug (n.1)
"drinking vessel," 1560s, "bowl, pot, jug," of unknown origin, perhaps from Scandinavian (compare Swedish mugg "mug, jug," Norwegian mugge "pitcher, open can for warm drinks"), or Low German mokke, mukke "mug," also of unknown origin.

mug (n.2)
"a person's face," 1708, possibly from mug (n.1), on notion of drinking mugs shaped like grotesque faces. Sense of "portrait or photograph in police records (as in mug shot, 1950) had emerged by 1887. Hence, also, "a person" (especially "a criminal"), 1890.
mug (v.1)

"to beat up," 1818, originally "to strike the face" (in pugilism), from mug (n.2). The general meaning "attack" is first attested 1846, and "attack to rob" is from 1864. Perhaps influenced by thieves' slang mug "dupe, fool, sucker" (1851). Related: Mugged; mugging.
mug (v.2)

"make exaggerated facial expressions," 1855, originally theatrical slang, from mug (n.2). Related: Mugged; mugging.

https://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=mug

 

[moevillini]

Kind of interesting that it might go back to the idea of faces on drinking cups

So making "Mug Shot" glasses with a portrait etched on them would be going back to the original idea. Ironic eh?

 

[moevillini]

We could sell them along with a history of the etymology. Make it educational!

 

[bigb]

We could sell them along with a history of the etymology. Make it educational!

And now you ruined it.

 

[VINYLONE]

Make it educational!

Wrong thread, noob.

 

[freakazoid]

Out of respect for his fellow man, should Jack Black change his name to Jack African American?

 

[bigb]

Out of respect for his fellow man, should Jack Black change his name to Jack African American?

How come Betty White wasn't Betty Caucasian?

 

[moevillini]

How come Betty White wasn't Betty Caucasian?

And then there's Redd Foxx - who was neither red nor a fox!

 

[moevillini]

Anyhow, what is the difference between "up to an inch of snow is possible" and "less than an inch of snow is likely" ?

I could write an entire essay on that one.

Are the chances of getting snow equal in both scenarios? I think a "likelihood" is more probable than a "possibility" but what do I know?


Can my JF brain trust help me out here?

 

[freakazoid]

Does Reese Witherspoon prefer chocolate in her peanut butter, or peanut butter on her chocolate?