The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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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 word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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