Comment on Who's Tom and who was he peeping?

JayJLeas@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I found out when looking into the term “tomboy” that a “tom” was a term for a boisterous and unruly boy. The word “tom” does come from tomcat as others have said because unneutered tomcats are often loud and unruly. I suspect Peeping Tom has a similar “tom” origin: an unruly boy that peeps on girls.

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