Etymology

wagecuck

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Today it means: A person who works a mindless, low-paying job. Full definition →

English cuck ← Middle English cokewold ← Old Northern French wage
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The story

  1. Old Northern Frenchwage
  2. Middle Englishwage
  3. Englishwage
  4. Middle Englishcokewold
  5. Englishcuckoldclip.
  6. Englishcuck
  7. English todaywagecuck

From wage + cuck (“weakling or traitor”).

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