Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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