Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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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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In England, in the 1880's, 'Pants' was considered a dirty word.
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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The onion is named after the Latin word 'unio' meaning large pearl.
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