The word "jingo" originated in the mid-1600s, according to Dictionary.com. The word was popularized 2 centuries later as part of a tune written by G.W. Hunt, and the line in the song became what we now call a meme: "We don't want to fight, but by jingo! if we do/ We've got the ships, we've got the men, and got the money too."
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