A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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