Sentences with phrase «folk etymology»
Actually, and in spite of what folk etymology might suggest, the word meritocracy is usually used to describe a system in which the «best» get promoted to positions of powers, not a system where a selected number of able people vote as a political body.
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[2] Chinook is claimed by popular folk - etymology to mean «ice - eater», but it is really the name of the people in the region where the usage was first derived.