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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gtkisaru" data-source="post: 7048337" data-attributes="member: 68721">#1: BikiniIn July 1946, the United States detonated two  nuclear bombs at the Bikini atoll, an island in the South Pacific, which of course was big news around the world.A  year later, a French fashion designer introduced a scanty two-piece  bathing suit and named it The Bikini...           Unable to find a  model immodest enough to wear it, he debuted it on a  stripper – and it  too became big news.      <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/bourbon.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/top10_places_bikini.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>#2: BourbonHow does whiskey get to be called "bourbon"?By  being distilled from mash that is at least 51% corn, then aged in new  charred oak barrels.That's the way people  liked it back in the 19th century when it was first created – in Bourbon  County, Kentucky.<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/denim.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/top10_places_bourbon.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>#3: DenimDenim, the all-American fabric,  actually gets its name from the French words de Nĭmes                  meaning "of Nĭmes," because it was manufactured in the French city  of Nĭmes.The word jeans is also  European in origin – the name comes from the city of Genoa (earlier  known                  as Genes) because the pants were worn by sailors in the  Genoese navy.<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/lesbian.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/top10_places_denim.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>#4: LesbianOriginally, lesbian simply meant "from  Lesbos," the Greek island pictured here.Its  current sense comes from the ancient poet Sappho, who lived on Lesbos  around 600 BC and wrote poems that                  dealt with the relationships – sometimes passionate – between women.<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/tuxedo.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/top10_places_lesbian.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>#5: TuxedoSometimes called a "monkey suit," its origins  involve the wolf. Here's why:In the 1880s the village of Tuxedo  Park, about 50 miles north of Manhattan, became a popular resort. It was  here                  that some young men, disregarding the fashion of the day, began to  wear dinner jackets without tails.The new style was soon called  the tuxedo.And the name of the  town? It comes from a Native American word meaning wolf.<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/marathon.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/top10_places_tuxedo.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>#6: MarathonAfter defeating the Persians at the battle of  Marathon, a town in southern Greece, the Athenians sent a messenger to  run                  the 25 miles back home.According to legend, he delivered the  news and then dropped dead.Marathons became  26 miles, 385 yards at the 1908 Games in London when extra yards were  added so the race would finish in                  front of the royal box.<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/donnybrook.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/top10_places_marathon.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>#7: DonnybrookThe annual Donnybrook Fair near Dublin included  fiddlers and dancers, but it was best-known for the frequent eruption of                   whiskey-fuelled fighting – often involving heavy clubs known as  shillelaghs.The fair was shut down in 1855,  but by that time the word donnybrook had bashed its way into  the language to mean                  a free-for-all or brawl.<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/tequila.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/top10_places_donnybrook_flickr.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>#8: TequilaDeveloped in Mexico in the 16th century, this  was probably the first distilled alcoholic beverage created in North  America.It's made from the fermented juice of the Mexican agave  plant.Some of the best was – and still is –  made in the town of Tequila.<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/badminton.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/top10_places_tequila.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>#9: BadmintonA game with an upper-crust heritage.Badminton  House is the residence of the Duke of Beaufort in southwest England,  and the sport is said to have been played there for the first time in 1873.Originally it was known  as "The  Game of Badminton," but soon became plain old  "badminton." It's a combination of a children's game called  "battledore and shuttlecock" and poona, which was played by  British officers in India in the 1860s.<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/hamburger.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/top10_places_badminton.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>#10: HamburgerHamburger means of or from the city of  Hamburg, Germany, where this preparation of meat, originally called "Hamburg Steak", originated. In the U.S., the name was applied to  the sandwich as well.Frankfurters,  by the way, originated in Frankfurt, Germany, where they were often  served in beer gardens. And wieners? Named for Vienna, Austria.<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/categories.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.merriam-webster.com/top-ten-lists/bikinis-and-bourbon/top10_places_hamburger.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Add +reps if you've learned something... Thanx...<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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