The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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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 word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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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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