Where did that saying come from?
That’s Tom from MySpace. Everyone got added as his friend so he could peep on anyone he wanted
Who's Tom and who was he peeping?
Submitted 6 days ago by paskalivichi@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
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Squibbles@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
JayJLeas@lemmy.world 5 days 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.
DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Peeping Tom, being Frank, Ruthless, smart Alec. I like to think that each saying started out with a particularly notable person.
Acamon@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I guess like the Goths, the Franks were a barbarian tribe, who were presumably reasonably direct and… frank, compared to sophisticated imperial types.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 6 days ago
Maybe a tomcat?
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
Tom is a cat that is always peeping on Jerry
LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 5 days ago
Jerry is the villain
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Tom was spying on Little Bo Peep.
DemBoSain@midwest.social 6 days ago
He was (apocryphal) the only villager that watched Lady Godiva take her ride through town.
timroerstroem@feddit.dk 6 days ago
Wikipedia link (to the Peeping Tom section).
Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Oh shit, that’s where the cover for that heaven shall burn album came from!
paskalivichi@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
I don’t know how he even saw anything. I heard she was in a racing car, passing by
erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Defying the laws of gravity?
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
So the only straight man in the village