Why people say fruit and nuts are crazy?!
what is the association between fruit or nut being "crazy" like when they describe people "nutty as a fruit cake or something"!.!.!.!.I mean, I have never seen a banana go crazy on someoneWww@FoodAQ@Com
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Here is the entymology of nuts!. There is the "nuts" meaning for "crazy about" and the "nuts" for whacko!.
"crazy," 1846, from earlier be nutts upon "be very fond of" (1785), which is possibly from nuts (n!., pl!.) "any source of pleasure" (1617), from nut (q!.v!.)!. Sense influenced probably by metaphoric application of nut to "head" (1846, e!.g!. to be off one's nut "be insane," 1860)!. Nut "crazy person, crank" is attested from 1903, (British form nutter first attested 1958)!. " http://www!.etymonline!.com/index!.php!?term!.!.!.
Banana used to be slang for vaudeville comedians!. Probably because some of the earliest slap stick comedy was to slip on a banana peel!.
"Top banana, second banana, etc!. are 1950s, from show business slang use of banana for "comedian, especially in a burlesque show" http://www!.etymonline!.com/index!.php!?sear!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
"crazy," 1846, from earlier be nutts upon "be very fond of" (1785), which is possibly from nuts (n!., pl!.) "any source of pleasure" (1617), from nut (q!.v!.)!. Sense influenced probably by metaphoric application of nut to "head" (1846, e!.g!. to be off one's nut "be insane," 1860)!. Nut "crazy person, crank" is attested from 1903, (British form nutter first attested 1958)!. " http://www!.etymonline!.com/index!.php!?term!.!.!.
Banana used to be slang for vaudeville comedians!. Probably because some of the earliest slap stick comedy was to slip on a banana peel!.
"Top banana, second banana, etc!. are 1950s, from show business slang use of banana for "comedian, especially in a burlesque show" http://www!.etymonline!.com/index!.php!?sear!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com