Etymology

Hertz donut

Hertz do·nut

Today it means: A supposed snack offered to a person as a prank; if they accept, they are punched or otherwise hurt in some way. Full definition →

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The story

A pun on “hurts, don’t it?”.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.