The Italian word for bean, fagiolo, is derived from the name of a North African trader who had a near monopoly on the bean trade in the region and was responsible for supplying the Italian peninsula with the vast majority of its beans. The trader's name, Faizullah, became synonymous with his goods and over time corrupted to the standard Italian fagiolo. This is especially evident in more southern Italian dialects such as Neapolitan, Sicilian, and Sardinian where the original word for bean is still somewhat preserved as "fasulo."

Jewish baby boys get circumcised, that's where they cut off the foreskin and say goodbye to it forever - that's why they say "schlong"

The word "gook" comes from the name of a French missionary Guy LeGuc who converted a lot of people to Christianity during the French colonial period. This caused a lot of riots and strife. It's akin to "uncle tom" but ruder.

The trope of "throwing tomatoes" to signify dissatisfaction with a production or performance has an interesting history. In contrast to what we're used to, it actually grew out of the audience showing approval after a good performance. This tradition developed during the early days of the poor traveling European entertainers of commedia dell'art. The audience, who happened to be composed of commoners generally of a farming or artisan stock, would offer some of their surplus product to the performers after a satisfactory performance as a show of gratitude. You could think of it in the same regard as the "tip" of today. According to some sources, being awarded cruciferous vegetables was seen as the highest honor. One key thing to note: during the era of commedia dell'art and other forms of early entertainment, there wasn't a significant separation between audience and performer. The performers would be handed the "tip" directly after a successful show by the delighted audience members. As theater advanced and the stage format advanced, an ever increasing physical and metaphorical separation between performer and audience developed. With the increase in distance between audience and performer, the vegetables came to be thrown onto the stage. After one particular event where a performer was injured by a vegetable (speculated to be some sort of gourd based on the season, region, and efficacy as a harmful projectile), the audience was discouraged from "tipping" in this manner soon after. Throwing flowers on the stage was another trope that resulted from this development, as it was seen to be a safe and acceptable--though purely symbolic--alternative to vegetables and baked goods. Rules were put in place barring the performers from taking home any of the vegetables to further discourage the audience throwing foodstuffs on stage, leading to crates of food being disposed of outside the theater. Antagonistic audience members, feeling snubbed by the actors not accepting their offering, would take handfuls of the rotting produce from the previous performance and throw it at the performers. It is unknown whether the audience members knew of the rules disallowing the acceptance of these vegetables or not. Very soon after, the throwing of vegetables became associated with dissatisfaction rather than satisfaction.