It's the "stupid names of things" thread!!!

[Deja Q]

I'll start the ball rolling with that all-time classic:

"Cockpit" - why is the command cabin of a jet/airplane known as a cockpit? The dirty-minded amongst us have a more appropriate application for the word, but let's not go there right now.

"Golf" - name of a sport whose objective is to hit a ball, as few times as possible, into a hole. WHoever came up with this term lacked creativity because "golf" is the reverse of "flog", which is essentially what you do to the ball.

[polmaven]

1. If the entire crew of an airplane is female

do they still call it a cockpit?

GOLF...Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden.

[drdon326]

2. Why is the word "abbreviation" so long??

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[dawgman]

3. flog is also what you feel like doing to yourself when you play

[Terwilliger]

4. cummerbund

bunding your cummer?

is it a German word? perhaps a Freedom word?

[NightTrain]

5. Why do we drive in a parkway and park in a driveway?

Also, what we Americans call "football" really isn't. After all, the players touch the ball with their hands! What we call "soccer" is truly football. Ask any European.

[polmaven]

6. Why do we get on an airplane?

Wouldn't it be safer to get in it?

[NaMeaHou]

7. Ping Pong?

Where the hell did that come from? it doesn't sound like ping pong to me?