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
kiwi_8 t1_j9vq948 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 10:14 PM Am I the only one who didn’t know Yankee Doodle was a real person? Permalink 1 sarded t1_j9w6tgu wrote on February 25, 2023 at 12:11 AM He's not, he's a song figure. "Yankee Doodle" = "colonist fool" Permalink Parent 2
sarded t1_j9w6tgu wrote on February 25, 2023 at 12:11 AM He's not, he's a song figure. "Yankee Doodle" = "colonist fool" Permalink Parent 2
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