Hello everyone,
I was wondering about "hang out with", the origin of "hang out" and if it is at all connected to "hang" as in be executed by hanging. I know that originally it meant loiter or be idle, but I was wondering if there was any darker meaning to this originally - for example, "Don't hang around this that crowd!" being a kind of warning, in the same way "wag" as a noun for troublemaker relates to a waghalter, or someone who is likely to wind up being hung.
If anyone out here has any ideas/information on this, they would be much appreciated!
I was wondering about "hang out with", the origin of "hang out" and if it is at all connected to "hang" as in be executed by hanging. I know that originally it meant loiter or be idle, but I was wondering if there was any darker meaning to this originally - for example, "Don't hang around this that crowd!" being a kind of warning, in the same way "wag" as a noun for troublemaker relates to a waghalter, or someone who is likely to wind up being hung.
If anyone out here has any ideas/information on this, they would be much appreciated!