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monster · 03-22-2020, 12:56 PM

TIL about how the term hackneyed came to be. I figured it was related to Hackney in London somehow, and knew of hackney horses and that London cabs are called hackney carriages/cabs...

Turns out it is related to those.... they became so commonplace (and worn?) that they term hackneyed came into use to describe that concept.

there are many sites with this info, here are two

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-hac1.htm
http://www.word-detective.com/2015/10/hackneyed/

Not an amazing discovery, granted, but someone might find it interesting

03-22-2020, 12:56 PM	#753
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	TIL about how the term hackneyed came to be. I figured it was related to Hackney in London somehow, and knew of hackney horses and that London cabs are called hackney carriages/cabs... Turns out it is related to those.... they became so commonplace (and worn?) that they term hackneyed came into use to describe that concept. there are many sites with this info, here are two http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-hac1.htm http://www.word-detective.com/2015/10/hackneyed/ Not an amazing discovery, granted, but someone might find it interesting __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart