In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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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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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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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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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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TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
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