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Alright tinfoil helmets on everyone we goin for a ride. My brother brought this to my attention and I can’t stop thinking about it.
Wayfair. Let’s break it down.
#wayfairchildtrafficking 1/x
Wayfair. Let’s break it down.
#wayfairchildtrafficking 1/x
Break the word into 2 and look @ old English terminology:
Waif (s/o @MerriamWebster ) ~
“1a : a stray person or animal especially : a homeless child.
[1]b : something found without an owner and especially by chance.
2 : an extremely thin and usually young woman.”
2/x
Waif (s/o @MerriamWebster ) ~
“1a : a stray person or animal especially : a homeless child.
[1]b : something found without an owner and especially by chance.
2 : an extremely thin and usually young woman.”
2/x
I left out definitions *I* felt r inapplicable but if u caught somthing I didn’t, let’s talk!
Fair (s/o http://etymonline.com ) ~
Old English.
"pleasing to the sight (of persons and body features...); beautiful, handsome, attractive,"
3/x
#wayfairchildtrafficking
Fair (s/o http://etymonline.com ) ~
Old English.
"pleasing to the sight (of persons and body features...); beautiful, handsome, attractive,"
3/x
#wayfairchildtrafficking
Let’s also consider the other spelling. (Again, left out n/a definitions)
Fare (s/o @MerriamWebster) ~
“1a : the price charged to transport a person
b : a paying passenger on a public conveyance
2b : material provided for use, consumption, or enjoyment”
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Fare (s/o @MerriamWebster) ~
“1a : the price charged to transport a person
b : a paying passenger on a public conveyance
2b : material provided for use, consumption, or enjoyment”
4/x
Aaaaand let’s check out what http://etymonline.com has to share.
Fare ~
“Journey, road, passage, expedition,", except in compounds (wayfarer, sea-faring, etc)...
...that of "conveyance" appears in Scottish early 15c. and led to sense of "payment for passage" (1510s).”
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Fare ~
“Journey, road, passage, expedition,", except in compounds (wayfarer, sea-faring, etc)...
...that of "conveyance" appears in Scottish early 15c. and led to sense of "payment for passage" (1510s).”
5/x
Now, let’s see the old english term wayfare ( @MerriamWebster)
“1 archaic (hella old) : an act or course of journeying
2 obsolete (not used anymore at all) : money or provisions for a journey”
6/x
#wayfairchildtrafficking
So I’ll just go ahead n leave this thread here
“1 archaic (hella old) : an act or course of journeying
2 obsolete (not used anymore at all) : money or provisions for a journey”
6/x
#wayfairchildtrafficking
So I’ll just go ahead n leave this thread here
