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Accidental -- involving a dentist with an axe.
Huh? What? (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/253164678/Puzzled.gif)
I'm guessing that "Yetimologies" is a play on the word "etymology"
Cool I can dig that. (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/253164678/CheezyGrin.gif)
Alphabetically or in any order?
As you like.
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Apple (fruit)
The fruit directly acquired its name due to the resemblance of its shape to the well-known Macintosh trademark symbol - especially when it (fruit) was first tested (teethed, then observed against daylight).
When the company's founder was still alive, there were rumours about possible legal charges against the scientists who discovered the fruit and named it, but no confirmations had ever been obtained...
So... Well, enjoy the fruit - if you like - free of royalty:beer:
C
Condense - A not very bright jail inmate.
Politician - someone who works all the angles.
Lux, con+dense or what?
String, clear it, will you?
school
Derived from 's cool, a failed marketing campaign to make educational facilities more attractive to youngsters.
Lux, con+dense or what?
Just condense (keeping it simple). (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/253164678/ThumbGood2.gif)
Frans, (https://dndsanctuary.eu/imagecache.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FOjyhKXZ.png&hash=2237e91d5e8ac5b56cbfbaf64e05dff8" rel="cached" data-hash="2237e91d5e8ac5b56cbfbaf64e05dff8" data-warn="External image, click here to view original" data-url="http://i.imgur.com/OjyhKXZ.png).
Lux, let's be MORE SIGH'n'TIFFIC, O'k?:)
I don't know whether this qualifies as a Sasquatch study (Yetimology), but I came across this Acronym just today and liked it:
PICNIC ::::::: Problem In Chair Not in Computer.
No.
No.
I guess that's not a rustic.
O'k,
The topic is about as if etymologies of the words...
Mod edit: Please don't post in caps.
Stop shouting.
Did you work out rustic yet?
Well, guys, the topic is not about INVENTING WORDS, but about suggesting awesome/funny/gross etymologies and/or definitions of the existing ones.
"Condense" is an adjective, Lux.
NOTE! The more serious you are, the more entertaining your results are going to become. It is A Major Humour Law.
On a serious note,
cactus (n.)
c.1600, from Latin cactus "cardoon (http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/cardoon)", from Greek kaktos, name of a type of prickly plant of Sicily (the Spanish artichoke), perhaps of pre-Hellenic origin. Modern meaning is 18c., because Linnaeus gave the name to a group of plants he thought were related to this but are not.
Poor cacti! :(
Holiday -- a day with holes in it.
Misconception (biology) -- an occurence of missing the point (esp. mating, the male's failure to deliver the fluids - to the point...) ::)
It's occurred that I looked at Liverpool's name guessing what it originates from. My raw hypothesis was that it was
a pool filled with liver. I happened to be PARTIALLY right:
Liverpool (http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=Liverpool) [abbr=Look up Liverpool at Dictionary.com](https://dndsanctuary.eu/imagecache.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fetymonline.com%2Fgraphics%2Fdictionary.gif&hash=54f8c774341411667544edc552d47be2" rel="cached" data-hash="54f8c774341411667544edc552d47be2" data-warn="External image, click here to view original" data-url="http://etymonline.com/graphics/dictionary.gif) (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Liverpool)[/abbr]
English city on the River Mersey, Liuerpul (c.1190) "Pool with Muddy Water", from Old English lifer "thick, clotted water" + pol (see pool (http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=pool)(n.1)). "The original reference was to a pool or tidal creek now filled up into which two streams drained" [Victor Watts, "Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names", 2004]. The adjective and noun Liverpudlian (with jocular substitution of puddle for pool) is attested from 1833.
:)
horticulture
As in You can lead a (w)hore to culture, but you can't make her partake.
dragoon
A stupid man dressed like a woman.
levitate
A Jew named Tate.
testicle
A short quiz.
Oxymoron -- a two-dimentional moron* (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_coordinate_system#Two_dimensions), ie such a moron that fits into the Oxy plane.
vaseline
As is well known, most Dutch-American women in the early American republic were called Eline, including all of Martin van Buren's female relatives. After the Revolutions of 1848, many Germans emigrated to the United States, and they all quickly fell in love with these attractive Dutch-American women. In turn enamored with the sculpted musculature of these Prussian emigrees, many an Eline answered in the affirmative following a marriage proposal. Unfortunately, as the romance wore off so did the ability to surpass the linguistic distance between Dutch and German, and throughout New York City calls of "Was, Eline?" could be frequently heard.
When Robert Chesebrough first came to America, he was welcomed by a German-immigrant greeter. Unfortunately for Robert, the unknown German-American had become rather used to saying "Was, Eline?" instead of simply "was" or "what". So when Robert asked our immigrant to describe the spirit of American optimism in one word, he answered "vaseline?" The German immigrant hadn't understood the question, but Robert thought he'd obtained the perfect brand name for a future product. And the rest, as they say, is history.
assess -- another term for a jennet.
:sherlock: What's a "jennet"? Never mind... Google really is my best friend! :P