This sounds like the sort of thing that’s probably apocryphal but it’s a thing I was taught in Spanish class that’s certainly been linting up my brain ever since:
The avocado got its name for an indigenous word for testicle, referring not only to its shape but also its texture; if you’ve got any testicles handy, their degree of softness is what a ripe avocado should feel like.
The word “āhuacatl” in Nahuatl from which avocado is derived simply meant avocado, however it was also used as a slang term for testicles. Very similar to how “nuts” is used as slang for testicles in English.
This sounds like the sort of thing that’s probably apocryphal but it’s a thing I was taught in Spanish class that’s certainly been linting up my brain ever since:
The avocado got its name for an indigenous word for testicle, referring not only to its shape but also its texture; if you’ve got any testicles handy, their degree of softness is what a ripe avocado should feel like.
The word “āhuacatl” in Nahuatl from which avocado is derived simply meant avocado, however it was also used as a slang term for testicles. Very similar to how “nuts” is used as slang for testicles in English.
Yeah, but if you use testicle texture to see if almonds are ripe, it’s not going to go well. 😛