1356: tart Aug 28, 2018

Nice or sweet things historically are often corrupted lexically to refer to women, and are often demeaning. 'Sweetie', and 'sweetheart' are good examples, and even even the word 'whore' is related through an Indo-European root to the Latin 'carus' meaning 'dear'. 'Tart' might seem as if, like 'honey' or other words for things that taste sweet, the word was applied to women as related to the food, but it is actually believed to be a shortening of the word 'sweetheart', despite initial similarity.

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