Arts & Culture The Naughty Etymologist The Naughty Etymologist 11-02-2018 By Jacqueline Gerber Published November 2, 2018 at 3:30 PM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen Today's lingistic naughtiness is a proper name - a Cuban bandleader on Jack Paar's CBS morning show beginning in 1954, before Paar moved to NBC to host "The Tonight Show."