{"id":580,"date":"2010-11-05T06:50:21","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T13:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mclasen.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/adventures-in-epithetymology\/"},"modified":"2010-11-05T06:50:21","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T13:50:21","slug":"adventures-in-epithetymology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mclasen.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/adventures-in-epithetymology\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Epithetymology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='posterous_autopost'>\n<div>\n<div><img height=\"16\" alt=\"star\" width=\"16\" \/>About Urban Legends <br \/>November 3, 2010 1:24 AM <\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/urbanlegends.about.com\/b\/2010\/11\/03\/epithetymology.htm\">Adventures in Epithetymology<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><i>Certain types of manure used to be transported (as everything was back then) by ship. In dry form it weighs a lot less, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a byproduct is methane gas. Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM! Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was discovered what was happening. <\/p>\n<p \/> After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term &#8220;S.H.I.T.,&#8221; which meant to the sailors, &#8220;Ship High In Transit.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/clk.about.com\/?zi=1\/1hc&amp;zu=\/library\/bl-s-word.htm\">Or maybe not&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>More:<\/b> <br \/> \u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/clk.about.com\/?zi=1\/1hc&amp;zu=\/library\/bl-f-word.htm\">Origin of the F-Word<\/a> <br \/> \u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/clk.about.com\/?zi=1\/1hc&amp;zu=\/library\/bl-pluck-yew.htm\">History of &#8220;The Finger&#8221;<\/a> <br \/> \u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/clk.about.com\/?zi=1\/1hc&amp;zu=\/b\/2003\/07\/07\/would-you-know-a-dork-if-you-saw-one.htm\">The True Meaning of &#8220;Dork&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: #f5f3ef; border: 1px solid #d5d0bf; clear: both; padding: .5em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/clk.about.com\/?zi=1\/1hc&amp;zu=http:\/\/urbanlegends.about.com\/b\/2010\/11\/03\/epithetymology.htm\">Adventures in Epithetymology<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/clk.about.com\/?zi=1\/1hc&amp;zu=http:\/\/urbanlegends.about.com\/\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/About.com\">About.com<\/a> Urban Legends on Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010 at 08:24:11.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/clk.about.com\/?zi=1\/1hc&amp;zu=http:\/\/urbanlegends.about.com\/b\/2010\/11\/03\/epithetymology.htm\">Permalink<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/clk.about.com\/?zi=1\/1hc&amp;zu=http:\/\/urbanlegends.about.com\/b\/2010\/11\/03\/epithetymology.htm#gB3\">Comment<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/urbanlegends.about.com\/gi\/pages\/shareurl.htm?PG=http:\/\/urbanlegends.about.com\/b\/2010\/11\/03\/epithetymology.htm&amp;zItl=Adventures%20in%20Epithetymology\">Email this<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p \/> <\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div>\n<p \/>Sent from my iPhone 4 by Michael<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/posterous.com\">Posted via email<\/a>   from <a href=\"http:\/\/mclasen.posterous.com\/adventures-in-epithetymology\">mclasen&#8217;s posterous<\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Urban Legends November 3, 2010 1:24 AM Adventures in Epithetymology Certain types of manure used to be transported (as everything was back then) by ship. 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