The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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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 P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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