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The part of 'insides' that sounds like a tiny village in Wales.
means The guts or internal workings of something — your organs, or the mechanical bits inside a machine.
from A 19th-century dialectal reshaping of 'inward' (as in inward parts), with the 'w' sound blurring into the folksy, chewy 'innard.' It stayed a backwoods, homespun word even after it slipped into general use — which is why it still sounds like it's wearing overalls.
- origin
- literally just 'inward' with the w kicked out
- usage
- almost always plural, singular feels indecent
- applies to
- bodies, machines, pies, anything with secrets