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this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2024
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English is three languages wearing a trench coat and pretending to be one.
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I just now realized that the word “trench” is in “trench coat”.
[…] heavy-duty fabric,[1] originally developed for British Army officers before the First World War, and becoming popular while used in the trenches, hence the name trench coat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_coat
I don't get it - what about "trench" being in "trench coat" ..?
In my mind, “trench coat” was always a single word. I never noticed that it is two words, one of them being trench, as in war infrastructure. It was interesting to find that out.