cockamamie 的词源

“从专门准备的纸上转移到其他表面的图像”，1909年缩写自decalcomania（1864年），源自法语décalcomanie，来自décalquer（18世纪）“将描图从专门准备的纸上转移到玻璃、瓷器等”（在法国1840年代流行，英国1862-64年），来自de-“离开”（参见de-）+ calquer“按压”，来自意大利语calcare，源自拉丁语calcare“踩踏，按压”，来自calx (1) “脚后跟”（参见calcaneus）。

Time was when there were only printers employed in making the sheets that were stuck on the ware, giving the old-time term of "plain print." This form of decoration was succeeded a few years ago by the decalcomania or "decal." This "decal" is an imported sheet, lithographed, and the little sprigs, flowers and scenes are cut out and stuck on the ware. [Brick, the Leading Clay Journal, April 1909]

曾经只有印刷工人负责制作贴在陶器上的纸张，这被称为“普通印刷”。这种装饰形式在几年前被贴花纸或“贴花”取代。这种“贴花”是进口的印刷纸，经过平版印刷，小枝、花朵和场景被剪下并贴在陶器上。[砖，领先的粘土期刊，1909年4月]