elephantsgraveyard OP t1_j9slyoz wrote on February 24, 2023 at 6:53 AM Reply to comment by stray_r in TIL that the reason Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it 'macaroni' was because at one time macaroni was slang for something very fashionable or trendy by elephantsgraveyard Wow what a cool article, sure looks familiar Joking aside, I wanted to include something about that as well but you can only put so many characters into the title. The whole thing is fascinating! Permalink Parent 1
TIL that the reason Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it 'macaroni' was because at one time macaroni was slang for something very fashionable or trendy en.wikipedia.org Submitted by elephantsgraveyard t3_11afvc4 on February 24, 2023 at 2:17 AM in todayilearned 87 comments 1,455
elephantsgraveyard OP t1_j9slyoz wrote
Reply to comment by stray_r in TIL that the reason Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it 'macaroni' was because at one time macaroni was slang for something very fashionable or trendy by elephantsgraveyard
Wow what a cool article, sure looks familiar
Joking aside, I wanted to include something about that as well but you can only put so many characters into the title. The whole thing is fascinating!