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."
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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes."
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The Danish word for condom is 'svangerskabsforebyggendemiddel'.
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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