Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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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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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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