The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
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In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
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The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means 'to exercise naked.'"
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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The word "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
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