I had no idea how redundant Angry Monkey* has been, usually while driving through the Portland’s Pearl District, in saying that other drivers are “arrogant, entitled assholes.”
Arrogant
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin arrogatus (appropriated), past participle of arrogare, from rogare (to ask). Ultimately from the Indo-European reg- (to move in a straight line, to lead or rule) that is also the source of arrogant, regent, regime, direct, rectangle, erect, rectum, alert, source, surge, supererogatory, abrogate, and prorogue.
Goodness me.
Speaking of ingredients: E is Mexican, I am of Arabic extraction, and ketchup is the food of both our peoples. Ketchup used to be a generic word meaning pungent sauce, made with fish, blueberries, walnuts, or mushrooms–tomatoes only later becoming popular in America. In Spanish and Portugese, escabeche means “sauce for pickling.” And that word came from the Arabic iskebey, which means the same thing. Romantic, isn’t it?
* Blog readers, meet Angry Monkey. A.M., meet readers. A.M. is the name of the evil force that possesses my 1993 Saturn, and occasionally me while I’m driving it. A.M. is the reason I usually ride my bike.
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