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56 sats \ 7 replies \ @denlillaapan 19 Mar \ parent \ on: Congress Knows It Has a Spending Problem, But Won't Fix It Politics_And_Law econ
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had to look this up. MY GOD, WHAT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meemaw

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27 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Mar

Clearly derivative of the Scandinavian “mormor”.

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73 sats \ 5 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 19 Mar

or, cajun french word "Mémère".

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79 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Mar

Is that from the Norman conquest?

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6 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 19 Mar

what? ~lol

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33 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Mar

Why else would the French adopt Norwegian lingo?

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52 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner OP 19 Mar

Doesn't seem like that word's Norwegian to me!

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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Mar

The etymology seems to be from mormor, from whatever random source I found

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