"Hippopotamus" literally means "river horse" though https://twitter.com/XiranJayZhao/status/1316076159315005442 …
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Longview and togethervalue don’t strike me as very obvious names either
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From what I recall, it's a long semantic stretch from the word meaning "upright/standing" to "on your toes" to "hopeful" to "enterprise" to "business." But "business goose" is really cute, especially since they're suited.
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if you were born in the 50's sure, otherwise is just "jeans"
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Also, the Chinese had a symbol for "cowboy" a few hundred years ago? I wouldn't have expected that.
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The Chinese had cows and people whose job it was to take care of cows, so yes, they had cowboys
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I’m old enough to remember sneakers being called “tennis shoes.”
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