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Old Jan 28, 2022 | 5:28 pm
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Originally Posted by golfmad
Rats?
Apparently it came into use by some English speaking people (in both the US and the UK but mostly in the US) around 1890-1900. By people people thinking it would be funny to pretend like 'carborundum' was actually a Latin word meaning 'needing to be worn down' or (making allowances for ignorance, which is surely part of it) 'to wear down'.

Or as johan rebel so succinctly put it, "Dog Latin".
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