A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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