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Old 22-01-2014, 08:36 PM #23
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Originally Posted by Nemo123 View Post
Chauvinism is derived from the French, chauffeur, the fellow who shoveled the coal into the steam engine, from chaude, French for hot, as opposed to froide, or cold. It was a man's job.
Isn't it named after one of Napoleon's supporters and it originally just meant nationalist or something like that?
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