The longest word in the English language with no vowels is Rhythms!
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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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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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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