[字彙] billingsgate (n) 罵人話
From Dictionary.com
粗俗、罵人的話
Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language.
這個字原先是一個地名，是英國倫敦的一個魚市場
Billingsgate is so called after Billingsgate, a former market in London
celebrated for fish and foul language.
查了Online Etymology Dictionary更清楚了
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=billingsgate
1676, the kind of coarse, abusive language once used by women in the
Billingsgate fish market on the River Thames below London Bridge (c.1250).
魚市場的地點在倫敦橋下的泰唔士河旁，說粗話的是來買魚的女人
"Billingsgate is the market where the fishwomen assemble to purchase fish;
and where, in their dealings and disputes they are somewhat apt to leave
decency and good manners a little on the left hand." ["Dictionary of the
Vulgar Tongue," 1811]
記法
bill + ing + s + gate
前面有 Bill 後面有 Gates
就想像 Bill Gates 正在 (ing) 說粗話就好
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