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"We have no means of ascertaining how old pimp "a bundle of wood" is and whether both meanings of pimp are independent developments of the same basic concept (being inflated in a small way) or a product of interaction (from "wood" to "child, that is, from "offshoot" to "offspring"—a process attested widely in many languages), but filling in the details can be left for a later date. Much more intriguing is the question how pimp came to be glossed as "faggot." Indeed, where does faggot come in?" [OUP Blog]