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Sea lions SUCK
Did... Did the word get invented because of a meme that has nothing to do with sea lions? Language is amazing.
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It does have to do with sea lions?
It's that all the way down. For multiple centuries the word for gay women in multiple languages has been the demonym of a small island in Greece because their most famous resident was a queer poet in antiquity.
The word "guy" as a common noun comes from the proper noun (fun fact Julius Caesar was a Guy, well, a Gaius) because someone with that name tried to kill parliament and language is weird
I would like to have a civil conversation about your statement.