Comment on Discussion Thread: 🌞 Saturday, 22 March 2025

• TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Nah, its “equi+nox” = nuts that split in half. Or possibly serves of poison (like in noxious).

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Also wrong. It means Equine (horse) Nox (not) - literal translation: Not Horse Day

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    • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That actually listens. Its (almost) opposite end of the year to Melbourne Cup Day, when horses work harder than usual. So it all balances out. I like this theory.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  now you bastards have made me look it up

  directly from Medieval Latin equinoxium “equality of night (and day),” from Latin aequinoctium,

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    A common misconception.

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’m going to start saying this a lot more to annoy people.

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      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Thank you. …lol

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