Did you know that in the name of the NBA basketball franchise, the New York Knicks, "Knicks" is short for Knickerbocker?
I did.
But what is a Knickerbocker? It certainly is a funny word, but why is it, other than its nonsensical sounding collection of phonemes?
It probably comes from the earliest Dutch settlers to New York City in the late 1600's who adopted the name. It has been used more recently as a word to describe those short pants that baseball players used to wear, or any pant that is fitted tightly at the knee. Such as women's bloomers or knickers. Seriously.
Both of these gentlemen are named "Patrick".
All facts sourced from Wikipedia, this is good shit to use in your essay if you're doing one on Patrick Ewing, Pat Riley, Harmen Jansen van Wyhe or the New York Knicks.
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