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Joel Calahan @joelcalahan.com · 28/02/2025

pass it on: the word “boycott” comes from the name of a rotten English landlord

boycott
1880, noun and verb, "to combine in refusing to have dealings with, and preventing or discouraging others from doing so, as punishment for political or other differences." From Irish Land League ostracism of Capt.
Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897), land agent of Lough-Mask in County Mayo, who refused to lower rents for his tenant farmers.
It was quickly adopted by newspapers in languages as far off as Japanese (boikotto). The family name is from a place in England.

Kurt Weldon @kurtweldon.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I suggest we update it to "Bezocott."

David McKinney @davidmckinney59.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Great Scott!