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gigachad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• RotSteinFinke@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I recently learned that the word clock originally ment bell or bell chime. It’s related to the German word Glocke. So 7 o’clock = 7 bongs…

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  • vateso5074@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Makes sense then why “clock” still has the additional meaning of “to hit.” Like “I clocked him on the head.”

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    • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      From etymonline:

      The slang sense of “hit, sock” is 1941, originally Australian, probably from earlier slang clock (n.) “face” (1923).

      So probably not.

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  • antsu@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hello there, fellow Rob Words enjoyer.

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  • madjo@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    And the o’ in o’clock means “of the clock”

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  • Derpenheim@lemmy.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes, 7 tolls of the clock

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• silver@das-eck.haus ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This greentext was foundational to my middle school friend group’s sense of humor

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