But its meaning then was a little different from its meaning now. The root of the word is the Old English modig meaning “brave” and “proud.” But the word had the connotation of foolhardy as well, which might also have been a characteristic of someone with that nickname....
The term ‘fired’ is a colloquial expression for dismissing a person from employment. It became more popular as a result of the NBC reality showThe Apprenticewhere the host, American businessmanDonald Trump, eliminates contestants for a high-level management job by “firing” them successively. ...
One explanation is that the name came from a Celtic word irfon, meaning “green water;” another is that it originated with the word erinviene, meaning “from the west,” and described men from Ireland who had settled on the west coast of Scotland around Dumfries. Its first recorded use ...