Doughnut
Way off the mark with this explanation. Doughnut derives from "dough" and the shape they were made in, a circle with a hole in the center similar to a zero or a "naught" or "doughnaught" , of course...
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There is a tongue-in-cheek history of the doughnut athttp://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldonut.htmwhich begins:"The Partially True History of the Doughnut Many historians died to get this...
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I got the impression that jheath had already read the Big List entry and it failed to shake his belief in the false etymology he'd already heard. I can't find the previous discussions where brought...
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WmJames "obvious" answer got me thinking about nuts. How do we get from a plant kernel to that which secures a bolt to a crazy person to expenses, as in monthly nut?
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Monthly nut? New to me. Funnily enough, screw is a slang term for wages in the UK, eg What's your screw?
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Here's the previous discussion I was thinking of. Even Google wouldn't turn it up--had to use sheer psychic power. "Yes! Mentok the Mind Taker! OOOWEEEOOOO!"
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donuts: It is difficult to fry a solid pastry quickly without leaving a raw glob in the middle. If you cut a hole out of the middle this problem disappears and you get to sell the hole. Cooks are...
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I like the "dough naught" explanation but street vendors in Portuguese markets don't seem to have a problem cooking dough "nuts" i.e. balls of batter. They are cooked to order in front of you in...
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It's mostly a question of size. Heat has to be conducted from the surface to the interior. A solid spheroid works fine if it isn't too big: that's why they were dough nuts instead of, say, dough...
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