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Dr. Chris 🗡️ | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 We have a set of 1952 Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia that is fun to flip through from time to time.  Never really thought about the origin of the term ‘thug’ before.

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fd3a5216 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c586c339 Indiana Jones got at least one of the movies right.
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28a91187 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c586c339 Something similar with 'run amok'.  Based off old stories from English explorers in Malaysia.  Would describe people that would become psychotic and go around killing people until they themselves were taken out.