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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

I'm not an ethymologist, but I remember looking around when this last came up, and while there weren't really any fully authoritative sources, the consensus seemed to be that the insult referred to the body part, and the existence of an old-timey word that sounded similar was a fun coincidence.