• DreamButt
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      6 days ago

      Ngl I always assumed it had a racist origin

      • rhombus@sh.itjust.works
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        5 days ago

        Surprisingly wanton and wonton are completely unrelated. Wanton comes from middle english wantowen, which is the prefix wan- (meaning ‘not’) and towen (meaning ‘educated’). So it literally means ‘uneducated’ or ‘undisciplined’.