18 Truly Surprising Word Origins

7 Namby-Pamby
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The word “Namby-pamby” was originally a harsh burn on the poetry of this guy called Ambrose Philips who wrote insufferable garbage like “Timely blossom, Infant fair, Fondling of a happy pair …”. It is essentially just a baby-ification of his first name, and it sucks for him that this is the only way history remembers him.