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Was the person who invented the word embarrass thinking of his ass when he coined it?

  • Embarr-ass? for surely it sounds like it's appropriate to think of it when one is embarrassed. Is this the type of question that someone who wants serious questions here like for which he is trying to boot anyone who asks them?

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    I agree the word embarrass sounds like em-bare-ass- ; never thought the word, 'embarrass' would make me feel so Awwwkwarrrd !)) It seemed perfectly clear how the meaning of the word breaks down. Decoding the prefix "em", we get "to cause to be bare-assed", which perfectly defines the meaning and spirit of the word! To add to the confusion, the history of the word doesn't even seem to have anything to do with the current primary meaning and seems to focus on the secondary meanings. The origin is from the French "embarrasser" (to encumber, hamper), from the Spanish "embarazar", from the Italian "imbarazzare", from "imbarazzo" (obstacle, obstruction), from "imbarrare" (to block, bar), from the Latin "in" + "barra". So at what point in history did "embarrass" stop meaning "to thwart" and start meaning "to metaphorically drop someone's pants"? Or does it still mean "to thwart" and a large percentage of the world is simply ignorant of the fact? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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I think whomever it was must have been a linguist or poet. Think upon this my friend....what if it were embarrhead, embarrfoot,embarrarm,embarrleg,embarreye,embarrhair,embarrtoe,embarrknee. None work so eloquently, rhythmically, flowingly as embarrass. That's the sound part. For the meaning part when you are embarrassed you fell like an a**...not a leg or arm or toe. You see? Do we agree? :)

RosieGHM Jetpacker

That became a misnomer. What really happened was that he fell on the remnants of a fire and burned his backside. He was misheard when he said "ember a**."

elizabeth

A gay bear was checking out some man's butt (since this man needs to shove everything to the floor in order to take a piss) and said..."Em. Bare ass." The man happened to be straight and looked at him weird. That's when the straight man coined the term because he was embarrassed. =]

~*The Duchashka Araya*~

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