238: assassin Aug 3, 2015

Members of a fanatical Muslim sect during the Crusades used to smoke hashish and then murder leaders on the opposing side, since what could go wring with getting super stoned and then trying to kill people‽ The group eventually went by the name 'hashishiyyin', meaning 'hashish-users' in Arabic. Over time, and through great amount of mispronunciation and misunderstanding, the English word 'assassin' was born.