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 "clitoris" comes from the Greek word meaning "side of a hill".
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There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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The word "impossible" dropped in use by 50% over the course of the 20th century
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