The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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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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The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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