billingsgate 的词源

1670年代，粗俗、辱骂性的语言，这种语言曾被伦敦桥下泰晤士河边Billingsgate市场的女性使用。

Billingsgate is the market where the fishwomen assemble to purchase fish; and where, in their dealings and disputes they are somewhat apt to leave decency and good manners a little on the left hand. [Grose, "A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1788]

Billingsgate是鱼贩们聚集购买鱼的市场；在她们的交易和争执中，往往会稍微忽视体面和礼貌。[Grose, "A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1788]

这个地名源自古英语Billingesgate，意思是“（一个叫）Billing的人的门”；“gate”可能指的是罗马河岸墙上的一个缺口。这个市场始建于13世纪中期；直到17世纪晚期，它才不再仅仅是一个鱼市。