"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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