Of course, in my last post I meant that I'd bet the farm and not the far {whatever that is or isn't}.
As a result of that etymology lesson, it occurs to me that maybe those innocent Cub Scout shouldn't be singing "Do Wah Diddy".
Should we tell the Scout leaders what "diddy" means?
Naw.
And now I can understand better why P. Diddy chose that name... I mean I know that "P". stands for "Puff" and I suppose that was because he smoked blunts or something, but I didn't know what the "diddy" part really meant, but now I do...