Bizarro looks at boxing: OED2 has the verb box tr. ‘to beat, thrash; (later) to strike with the fist, to cuff, to buffet; (now usually) to strike (the cheek, ear, etc.) with the hand’, and intr. ‘to fight with fists (now mostly of purely athletic practice with boxing-gloves)’ (both from the 16th century)  from the … Continue reading Cartoon etymology