TIL that the reason Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it 'macaroni' was because at one time macaroni was slang for something very fashionable or trendy en.wikipedia.org Submitted by elephantsgraveyard t3_11afvc4 on February 24, 2023 at 2:17 AM in todayilearned 87 comments 1,455
Eastern_Director_506 t1_j9vcbvk wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:43 PM Crazy to think that “Dude” is the abbreviated form of Yankee Doodle. It feels so far removed from its origin. Permalink 2
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