'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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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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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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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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