For those of us with long ago memories, “sufferin’ succotash” is remembered as swear words of sorts. It was voiced by Sylvester the Cat in Warner Bros. cartoons when the character faced frustration, ...

Succotash, first recorded between 1745 and 1755, has linguistic roots in the Algonquian languages spoken by Indigenous peoples of Southern New England. From the Narragansett word "msíckquatash," ...