There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof.
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Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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