Was cruising down the highway, when I heard a radio ad for a local Chevy dealer touting the "tun-oh" for their pick-up trucks. What the Scotty??!! Can't they just say: "truck bed cover?" This reminds me of the travesty of the 1970s (and not Scotty's then haircut): the Landau roof. Whatever the heck that was. I still have visions of vinyl roofs on Chryslers. Whose idea was this? And, finally, can we get rid of "coupe, ' which no one pronounces the same.
I hate to tell you this, but travesty comes from Italian and French. Garage is from French, for another example.The vast majority of English words are based on French, Spanish, German, Celtic, Slavic .... and a dozen other languages. But, on the other hand, the French are using English words as well, as in, "le weekend".
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=etymology+of+travesty
They want you to feel good about being overcharging for a bed cover.
Go to Google Translate site for help.
They must be trying to appeal to the yuppies and hipsters.
