Language and Words Facts

    Random Language and Words Facts

    There are 68 Language and Words Facts!

    Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
    45
    Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
    125
    The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
    40
    The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
    84
    The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
    93
    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
    60
    The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
    25