Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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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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Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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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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