vital question itt

[Erik]

is an orange called an orange because it's orange as in orange colour, or is the colour called orange because an orange is orange

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

colour came before fruit imo.

 

[AsModEe]

colour came before the fruit, because oranges aren't naturally orange

 

[Will Bozarth]

ahar!

 

[lizard]

but they BOTH came before Orange County Death in the Fairgrounds

 

[Erik]

The name of the colour is derived from the fruit, first appearing in this sense in 1542.

 

[Will Bozarth]

but they BOTH came before Orange County Death in the Fairgrounds

 

[NAD]

Reminds me of that time I researched the term "my name is mudd" and found out that no, it did not originate from Samuel Mudd aiding poor broken-legged John Wilkes Booth.

I HAVE THE BODY OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH!!!

 

[Chromatose]

"my name is mudd"

[...]

I HAVE THE BODY OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH!!!