Important etymological questions!

[Neil]

I'll start:

Where, how and why the fuck did the word 'patooty' come into play as being a euphemism for someone's rear end?!

 

[Kyehlar]

Probably on the Rosie O'Fatass show.

 

[curiousa2z]

is there any money riding on the answer?

 

[Blindgroping]

I'll start:

Where, how and why the fuck did the word 'patooty' come into play as being a euphemism for someone's rear end?!

Grrrr...



It's a reference to a wet fart sound.
Of all the useless information called out of my brain!..
Geezzzz.

 

[Neil]

You are a well of knowledge, my friend!

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Ok... the next word I need some historical perspective on:

Sassafras

 

[EnglishRose]

Sassafras is a plant, other than that I have no ideas

 

[curiousa2z]

a small tree/bush like a flowering dogtree...in fact, in the south of our province they grow together in the wild. Has volatile oil that's good for keeping mosquitos away - so if you can grow it in your zone, it's a good plant to have around...but those same volatile oils that used to be made into a popular tea in the 1900s are now suspected to be carcinogenic. So pass on sassafras tea!

 

[Shatna]

"Now blueberries I can understand... but can someone please explain to me gooseberries?!?" - Reverend Jim

 

[EnglishRose]

Gooseberries *shudder* nasty horrible hairy green things - Yeuch

 

[The Question]

I'll start:

Where, how and why the fuck did the word 'patooty' come into play as being a euphemism for someone's rear end?!

Bastardization of 'potato' and the polite colloquialism for a fart. = "Farting potato."