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znkr | 4 months ago

I don’t think it’s a wordplay with the r-word, but rather a reference to the famous Shakespeare quote: “Hoist with his own petard”. It’s become an English proverb. (A petard is a smallish bomb)

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card_zero|4 months ago

From péter, to fart.

Possibly entered the language as a saying due to Shakespeare being scurrilous.