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Goose Bumps

Geese were important in the life of medieval Britain, so important that goose herds spent their lives tending to flocks. Many owners plucked their geese five times a year, leaving them totally naked until new feathers grew. When cold air hit such a bird, tiny muscled just under the skin would contract and create patterns of pimples. These patterns resembled the same bumps that people would sometimes get, and the name stuck.

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Gotham City

New York's nickname isn't very flattering. It's the name of a little English town whose inhabitants were generally thought to be short-sighted, simple-minded, and kind of ridiculous. Washington Irving applied it to the city.

 

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Grocery Store

A merchant who sold his goods wholesale, or by the gross, was called a "grosser." His store was therefore called a grosser's store, which later became changed to a grocery store.

 

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Guinea

The Italian slur guinea is the old name for the African coast. It's presumed to be applied to olive-skinned Italians in order to lump them in the same category as black slaves.