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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Boycott
TIL about Charles Boycott. He rented out land to farmers during the 20th century. Many farmers couldn’t afford to pay him, so many farmers were evicted. Due to this, there were boycotts against him. Those boycotts gave rise to the verb “boycott”, named after the person. The word never existed before
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…..19th Century…..
He was a land agent ( akin to a property manager now) who rented out land on behalf of his employer, the absentee landlord Lord Erne….
This dude and [Silhouette](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_de_Silhouette) had some funny ways to have their names carved in history
I think you coulda gone the extra mile and found another way to say “boycott” champ
Wow so if the word didn’t exist until they started calling him boycott, what was his last name before that?!? YOUVE CREATED A TIME PARADOX
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