The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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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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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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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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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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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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