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How did Ship High In Transport acronym become a swear word Referring to manures methane transported below ships deck exploding?
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∙ 14y ago
Either someone's misguided attempt at humor or simple stupidity. Any etymology for a word in existence prior to 1900 or so that involves acronyms is almost certainly false. This one in particular is definitely false, given the existence of cognates in other Teutonic languages such as German and Dutch.
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