Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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If you mouth the word "colorful" to someone, it looks like you are saying "I love you".
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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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"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."
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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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