Yo-yos

[Ted Samsel]

Jeremy sez:
 
> doktor at primenet.com wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Anyone have any more information on the origins of the yo-yo, or how the
> > word first came to be applied to describe the vacillating and the stupid?
> > 
> 
> While I cannot claim to _know_, It seems to me like the vacillation is a
> very simple and direct metaphor; probably once it was being used to
> describe vacillating someone went on to use it in an insulting manner
> and it developed into meaning stupid. 

Then there's the weed whip, also known as the yo-yo or idiot stick;
a road maintenance tool much beloved by temporary summer employees
of highway departments, nationwide.

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