Rather than bumping a lumbering behemoth, I thought I’d start a new thread. It’s time, right?
Watching Jeopardy tonight I learned that the tuxedo was so named because it was initially worn at the exclusive Tuxedo Club located in the ritzy village of Tuxedo Park located in Orange County, New York.
Checking further I discovered that the name is derived from a Native American word (of the Lenape language) p’tuxseepu, which means “crooked water” (river).