Fascinating Comes From Roman Phallic Charms


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Gareth Harney: ‘Fascinating implies being enchanted by a fascinus — the embodiment of the divine phallus. The word fascinate comes from Latin fascinare, to bewitch, by the magical power of the fascinus.’

The origin of ‘fascinating’ is a Roman good luck charm shaped like a penis. Language is beautiful.


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