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True Stories & Lifestyle Advice ⁄ Our Language

15 common words that used to mean completely different things

There was a time when 'Girl' meant 'Boy,' 'Bully' meant 'Sweetheart,' and 'Fizzle' meant 'Fart.' Let's return there together.

By From the book The Bathroom Reader's Institute

Girl

Girl — ISTOCK

Girl (Dates to the 1300s)

Today’s meaning: young female.

Original meaning: young person, either gender.

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Fantastic

Fantastic — ISTOCK

Fantastic (Dates to the 1300s)

Today’s meaning: exceptionally good.

Original meaning: existing only in the imagination, like a fantasy.

Buxom

Buxom — ISTOCK

Buxom (Dates to the 1100s)

Today’s meaning: large-breasted.

Original meaning: compliant or obedient. John Milton used it this way in Paradise Lost; he describes Death flying easily through “the buxom air.”

Fizzle

Fizzle — ISTOCK

Fizzle (Dates to 1598)

Today’s meaning: fail weakly, die out.

Original meaning: fart quietly.

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Source: RD.com

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