It is much older thasn that, you'll find.

gore 1 (gôr, gr)
tr.v. gored, gor·ing, gores
To pierce or stab with a horn or tusk.

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[Middle English goren, probably from gore, spear, from Old English gr.]

I imagine it may have derived from watching oxen from different clans or farms get pissy with each other and gore each other; whether it was humorous or not depended on whose ox was being gored, since it meant your survival (as a plowman or hauler or whatever) was being put at risk.


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