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* '''lipos''' (''Greek'') ''' + oleum''' (''Latin'')''':''' fat + oil → ''lipoleum'' (if it were a word) would mean "the [olive] oil made from fat"; cp. ''petroleum'', which means "the oil made from rock." But why does Napoleon = fat-oil? | * '''lipos''' (''Greek'') ''' + oleum''' (''Latin'')''':''' fat + oil → ''lipoleum'' (if it were a word) would mean "the [olive] oil made from fat"; cp. ''petroleum'', which means "the oil made from rock." But why does Napoleon = fat-oil? | ||
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| + | *'''lip:''' backchat, sauce, talking out of turn, insulting speech. A sign of uppitiness of the upstart Napoleon, and a reference to his speeches against the British. | ||
* '''linoleum:''' a type of floor-covering impregnated with linseed-oil → [[Page_21|FW 021.13:]] [[oil cloth flure]] | * '''linoleum:''' a type of floor-covering impregnated with linseed-oil → [[Page_21|FW 021.13:]] [[oil cloth flure]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:20, 28 July 2007
- Napoleon: Napoleon Bonaparte, whom Wellington defeated at Waterloo
- lipos (Greek) + oleum (Latin): fat + oil → lipoleum (if it were a word) would mean "the [olive] oil made from fat"; cp. petroleum, which means "the oil made from rock." But why does Napoleon = fat-oil?
- lip: backchat, sauce, talking out of turn, insulting speech. A sign of uppitiness of the upstart Napoleon, and a reference to his speeches against the British.
- linoleum: a type of floor-covering impregnated with linseed-oil → FW 021.13: oil cloth flure
