No, Macaroni was the name of a club in 18th century London that was for all intents and purposes, a covertly gay club. There, the young male social elite of London would gather to discuss fashion. By assiciation with the club, to call something Macaroni, was to call it fashionable. It was also a vaguely homophobic insult
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Yankee comes from the Polish yonk, slang for rube, hillbilly.
The song Yankee Doodle... super patriotic right? What if I told you that the song was written as an insult to the the colonists calling us a bunch of gay hillbillies that didn't understand fashion?
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Yankee comes from the Polish yonk, slang for rube, hillbilly.
The song Yankee Doodle... super patriotic right? What if I told you that the song was written as an insult to the the colonists calling us a bunch of gay hillbillies that didn't understand fashion?