shebang
The origin and history of shebang.
Etymology
Origin unclear — the word surfaces in 1850s America meaning a shelter or ramshackle building, likely influenced by "shebeen" (an unlicensed Irish drinking house); the computing sense is unrelated and much later.
Class of 1850
shebang first entered the language around 1850. Other words from the same year:
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