👉 Okay, settle in closely, class, we need to tackle a rather… prickly piece of linguistic shrubbery here. Let’s talk about, frankly, what a gigantic mouthful, and honestly quite upsettingly specific, little word is: "—ééééé— [
cough cough cough
... let's just say the sound of a very small, very stubborn mule, alright?] Meghan."
Now, before I get officially reprimanded by my institution for even uttering this, let me preface it. Historically and frankly, rather tragically, this word started as a deeply misogynistic, scatological insult that essentially meant, in 20th-century Britain (particularly the older end of it), to describe a woman who was… well... let's just say she had been liberally involved in the trouser seat. It was a crude, frankly rather pathetic way for men to demean and disrespect women. The name itself? Apparently, there wasn’t an outright origin, but that name is attached now because of its association with the insult, which has lingered on into our current vernacular. The Evolution (and Why We Should Be Slightly Annoyed About It, But Also Kind Of Fascinated): What you'll notice about today, we don't officially use it like that anymore. People now tend to use the word in an ironic and extremely detached way—essentially as a non-offensive goof. And of course, because
