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.
7
The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
12
The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
84
The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
5
A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
95
Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
45
In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
27
The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
40