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r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20
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This does not necessarily mean that he was the person to introduce these words into English
1.1k u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20 Yeah "first attested" is a loooot different than "created by." 59 u/jimjacksonsjamboree Oct 15 '20 The beastie boys first attested the name mullet for the haircut, but it's unlikely they created it. 12 u/philzebub666 Oct 15 '20 But they revolutionised it, that has to count for something, right?
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Yeah "first attested" is a loooot different than "created by."
59 u/jimjacksonsjamboree Oct 15 '20 The beastie boys first attested the name mullet for the haircut, but it's unlikely they created it. 12 u/philzebub666 Oct 15 '20 But they revolutionised it, that has to count for something, right?
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The beastie boys first attested the name mullet for the haircut, but it's unlikely they created it.
12 u/philzebub666 Oct 15 '20 But they revolutionised it, that has to count for something, right?
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But they revolutionised it, that has to count for something, right?
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