Mignon Fogarty on Nostr: On my walk tonight, I told a guy the surfboard rack on his bike was nifty. Then I ...
On my walk tonight, I told a guy the surfboard rack on his bike was nifty.
Then I wondered where "nifty" comes from. I would have guessed it was a 1940s or 1950s word, maybe something from WWII. But nope —1868.
The poet who first used it said it was from "magnificat," but the OED is unconvinced. The etymology section says this origin is "unlikely."
#etymology #WordNerd #nifty
Then I wondered where "nifty" comes from. I would have guessed it was a 1940s or 1950s word, maybe something from WWII. But nope —1868.
The poet who first used it said it was from "magnificat," but the OED is unconvinced. The etymology section says this origin is "unlikely."
#etymology #WordNerd #nifty