"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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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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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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