[kaplands]

we should talk more about how ‘macaroni’ in 18th century england was used to mean ‘fashionable’ because a bunch of rich young dudes went to italy and really liked the stuff there

language is weird

humans are weird

[farorescourage]

#’stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni’ #THAT USED TO CONFUSE ME SO MUCH WHEN I WAS LITTLE
it finally makes sense

[neverbat]

WELL THAT’S ONE FUCKING LIFELONG MYSTERY SOLVED

[nonnegative]

also, that line is making fun of yankee doodle because shoving a feather in your cap doesn’t make it the height of fashion!