Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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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The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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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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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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