Blaze (he/him) to interestingasfuck@lemm.ee · 5 months agoIf anyone ever asks you about sailsfiles.catbox.moeexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1267arrow-down17
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minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoThanks for checking that out! On my end, I found this version of “spank”: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spanking#Etymology_1 Which of course is different from the other meaning, to “punish by swatting.” As for an example, from Tintin’s Secret of the Unicorn: https://i.imgur.com/6BguONT.jpeg
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoInteresting! That definition kind of fits with the sail that the Spanker replaced, which was called the Driver.
Thanks for checking that out! On my end, I found this version of “spank”: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spanking#Etymology_1
Which of course is different from the other meaning, to “punish by swatting.”
As for an example, from Tintin’s Secret of the Unicorn:
https://i.imgur.com/6BguONT.jpeg
Interesting! That definition kind of fits with the sail that the Spanker replaced, which was called the Driver.