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Today You Learned (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I wonder if that's from/related to the French "égal," meaning "equal," thus "it's all the same to me." I see German has its own unrelated word for "equal," but borrowing another language for cursing purposes is as common as merde, pardon my French.

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