bogart

Origin: thumb|Humphrey Bogart, with his signature cigarette in mouth. From actor Humphrey Bogart, from surname keeper of an orchard, from treegarden, orchard, cognate to /beam + garden. Senses of selfishness and excess evolved from the original 1960s use meaning “keep a joint in the mouth instead of passing it on”, recalling the actor’s signature practice of keeping a cigarette dangling from his mouth even while speaking. Other senses of “bullying” or “tough guy” also originated in the 1960s and recall the actor’s various movie roles. Another potential origin of the vernacular comes from Humphrey B. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).